Romantic portrait of a italian beauty created in 1872 in Rome by good-listed German historical and portrait painter Carl Gotfried Ferdinand Ehrenberg (1840 Dannau by Oldenburg in Holstein - 1914 Dresden). The artist studied in the Art Academies in Copenhagen and Dresden, later by J.Hübner and in Atelier by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (in 1862). He recieved scholarship and settled for 3 years in Rome where he worked under influence of Overbeck. Our portrait created in this time. From Rome he took part as volunteer in the german-french war. In 1875 after short stay in Munich and Kopenhagen he settled in Dresden , where created his best historical paintings with north-german mythological subject: 12 large cardboards , monumental painting "Walkyrenschlacht"(1884), "Die Nornen", allegorical paintings , portraits of famous personalities (Franz Liszt, Princess Feodora von Schleswig-Holstein and soon). His works situated in historical buildings and churches in Dresden.

Literature: "Malerwerke des 19 Jahrhunderts" by Friedrich von Boetticher, Leipzig, 1891; Thieme/Becker"Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"

Inscription: signed and dated " Carl Ehrenberg, Roma 1872 " lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas , luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame

Measurements: unframed 24 1/3" x 29 1/2" (62 x 75 cm); framed w 33 " x h 37 1/3"(84 x 95 cm)

Condition: in very good condition