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    Artist

  • Unknown Artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Jette Lichtenhein (née Rée)

  • Physical Description

    1 drawing : pastel on parchment ; 17.75 x 15.25 in. ; 45 x 39 cm

  • Date

    between 1810 and 1840

  • Place of Publication

    Denmark

  • Notes

    Companion to 78.55.

  • Summary

    Bust portrait in three-quarters view of a lady wearing a blue dress and a lace bonnet with blue and yellow ribbons. Oval faux-frame painted over. Inscribed on reverse: "Jette Lichtenhein geb. Rée. geb. Altona 24 Nov. 1789, gest. 18 Jul. 1855".

  • Depicted

    Lichtenhein, Jette

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits; Nineteenth century

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Pastels; Drawings

  • Part Of

    Rée Family Collection,, AR 4556

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Jette Lichtenhein (née Rée) was born in Altona, Germany in 1789. It may be assumed that she was a cousin of the merchant and philanthropist Philip Hartvig Rée, who was born in Fredericia, Denmark in 1778. Both of them were grandchildren of Jetl (Gittel).

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Citation

Unknown Artist: Portrait of Jette Lichtenhein (née Rée), Leo Baeck Institute, 2004.9.