Emil Bærentzen (b. Copenhagen 1799, d. s.p. 1868)
Portrait of the actress and author Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812–1890). Unsigned. On the reverse a letter from the artist's granddaughter mentioning the painting. Oil on cardboard. 33×26 cm.
The painting is a smaller repetition/study with a few variations of Emil Bærentzen's famous portrait of Johanne Luise Heiberg. That one at Thorvaldsen's Museum.
Johanne Luise Heiberg was one of the greatest and most famous actresses of the Romantic period. Johanne Louise Heiberg came from a poor background but rose socially to the top after her marriage to the writer Johan Ludvig Heiberg and through him she also got to know contemporary poets such as Adam Oehlenschlæger and Henrik Hertz. They wrote specific roles for her, as did her husband.
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Paintings, 24 November 2015