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Portrait of Lizzy Ansingh
Also titled Portret van Lizzy Ansingh
Thérèse Schwartze (Amsterdam, 1851–1918)
1902
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 9.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Thérèse Schwartze was the most sought-after portraitist of Dutch 19th-century high society. Yet the portraits she painted of those closest to her were her favourites. This likeness of her niece and fellow artist Lizzy Ansingh is one of her best works. The strong contrast between light and dark creates an intimate atmosphere. At the same time, the energetic brushwork and fiery red accent on the bright green in her clothes exude a powerful aura.
