Wilhelm Trautschold, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Fur Collar

Wilhelm Trautschold, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Fur CollarThis striking mid 19th century oil painting by German artist Wilhelm Trautschold (1815 1877) depicts a bearded gentleman, shown half length against a softly toned background. His head turned slightly as if caught in a moment of thought. With a calm and attentive gaze, directed outward yet inward at the same time, he projects the impression of a man accustomed to reflection rather than display. Draped in a dark fur collared coat over a crisp white

who was considered to be among the finest portraitists of his generation

the lady was particularly fond of it

William Drummond was an accomplished portraitist who fulfilled a burgeoning need amongst the middle and upper classes to have one’s likeness depicted as a symbol of power and prestige

overcome by the death of his wife

softened by a white chemise trimmed with delicate ruffles

has used a mossy green background colour which accentuates the sitter’s striking eyes

But it’s comparable with French provincial works from the period

One can imagine him furiously sketching alongside a fellow student

Overall size: 25” x 32½” / 64cm x 82cm

depicts an older gentleman sawing wood by a rustic cottage

400 achieved for ‘Moonlit Highland Landscape with Crags and Peaks surrounding a Loch’ at auction in 2000

Overall size: 31” x 39½” / 79cm x 100cm