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Portrait of Amalia Eliza Tilanus-van Leeuwen
Also titled Portret van Amalia Eliza Tilanus-van Leeuwen
Thérèse Schwartze (Amsterdam, 1851–1918)
1900
- Medium
- paper, pastel (crayon)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 73.5 cm x width 59 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- C.B. Tilanus Bequest, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Amalia Tilanus-van Leeuwen had herself regally portrayed by the most fashionable artist of the time: Thérèse Schwartze. The colourful and detailed likeness is illustrative of Schwartze’s success. With an amazing mastery of pastel, and a hint of flattery, she deftly captured her patron’s character. Tilanus had to splurge for such a magnificent portrait. In keeping with her status as a celebrated portraitist, Schwartze was pricey to say the least.
