Portrait of a Woman

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Date
1821
Medium
Brush and brown wash and pen and brown ink, with graphite on ivory wove paper
Culture
Germany
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Settling in Rome in 1818, Schnorr von Carolsfeld became a member of the Nazarene Brotherhood there. Also known as the Brotherhood of Saint Luke, after the painter-evangelist, this group of German artists painted mostly religious subjects, reflecting their interest in the Italian Renaissance. Rendered with a fine line like that of Botticelli, this extraordinarily compelling lifelike portrait was of a close relative and remained in the family until acquired by the Art Institute.

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Object type
AAT300033973

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