Octavia Lempka (XIX) - Ritratto femminile - NO RESERVE
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Ritratto femminile - NO RESERVE, a 19th-century oil on canvas portrait from Austria by Octavia Lempka (1874), sold with its golden wooden frame and measuring 55 × 50 cm overall.
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Description from the seller
Elegant oil on canvas portrait of a young woman captured in an intense moment of contemplation, with her gaze raised upwards. The work stands out for the quality of execution, the accurate modelling of the face, the soft rendering of the flesh tones, and the balanced use of light, elements attributable to the Academic/Romantic tradition of the mid-1800s.
The painting bears in the upper right a red signature legible as:
"Octavia Lempka pinx." 1874
The term pinx. (abbreviation of the Latin pinxit, "painted by") was frequently used by artists in the 1800s.
The work is accompanied by its elegant coeval gilded wooden frame, perfectly proportioned to the painting, which enhances its important decorative presence.
Thanks to the painterly quality, the signature, the possible Central European provenance, and the elegant subject, the painting constitutes an interesting offering for both collectors and classical or contemporary interiors.
Characteristics
Technique: Oil on canvas
School: European
Era: 1874
Subject: Female portrait
Signature: "Octavia Lempka pinx." (as visible on the work)
Support: Original canvas size 40 x 35 cm
Frame: Coeval gilded wood
Dimensions with frame: 55 × 50 cm
Conditions: Good conservational state with normal signs of aging compatible with the age.
Purchased at Dorotheum auction house in Vienna in the 1980s
now in private collection
NO SHIPPING TO SWITZERLAND UK USA
Elegant oil on canvas portrait of a young woman captured in an intense moment of contemplation, with her gaze raised upwards. The work stands out for the quality of execution, the accurate modelling of the face, the soft rendering of the flesh tones, and the balanced use of light, elements attributable to the Academic/Romantic tradition of the mid-1800s.
The painting bears in the upper right a red signature legible as:
"Octavia Lempka pinx." 1874
The term pinx. (abbreviation of the Latin pinxit, "painted by") was frequently used by artists in the 1800s.
The work is accompanied by its elegant coeval gilded wooden frame, perfectly proportioned to the painting, which enhances its important decorative presence.
Thanks to the painterly quality, the signature, the possible Central European provenance, and the elegant subject, the painting constitutes an interesting offering for both collectors and classical or contemporary interiors.
Characteristics
Technique: Oil on canvas
School: European
Era: 1874
Subject: Female portrait
Signature: "Octavia Lempka pinx." (as visible on the work)
Support: Original canvas size 40 x 35 cm
Frame: Coeval gilded wood
Dimensions with frame: 55 × 50 cm
Conditions: Good conservational state with normal signs of aging compatible with the age.
Purchased at Dorotheum auction house in Vienna in the 1980s
now in private collection
NO SHIPPING TO SWITZERLAND UK USA
Details
Sold with frame
Yes
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Owner or reseller
Artist
Octavia Lempka (XIX)
Title of artwork
Ritratto femminile - NO RESERVE
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Austria
Year
1874
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
55 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Romanticism
Period
19th century
