Portrait of the Artist's Father

Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz

Associated Names
Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz

Artist, German, 1783 - 1855

The image shows a portrait of a man with only his upper body visible. He is positioned at a three-quarter angle, slightly turned to his left, but facing the viewer with a subtle expression. The man's facial features include a light complexion, full cheeks, and prominent eyes, while his hair is dark, curly, and falls around his face and ears. He wears a high-collared white shirt with ruffles peeking through the opening of a dark, formal coat. There is no visible jewelry or objects in his hands. The background of the image is plain and uniformly dark, set within an oval vignette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with touches of varnish on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.2 x 21.7 cm (9 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.74.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

I.O. Wessner (1851-1921), Saint-Gall, Switzerland (Lugt 2562a); (August Laube, Zurich); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and brown ink: maler Moritz Natur sohn gemalt; by later hand, center verso in pen and brown ink: Portrait / Moritz, maler / peint par son fils / Neuchâtel; by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: [?] / O. Wessner.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 36359

Wikidata ID

Q64570882

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