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    Artist

  • Hom, Georg, 1838-1911

    • Title

  • Portrait of Elizabeth Jeanrenaud

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 72 x 61 cm. ; 28.35" x 24"

  • Date

    1862

  • Summary

    Sitter is wearing a black dress with a lace collar, blond hair tucked under a lace bonnet tied with bright cobalt blue, bringing out the blue of her eyes. Background is a reddish-brown. The portrait is set in an oval frame. Signed and dated on the right side.

  • Depicted

    Jeanrenaud, Elizabeth Wilhelmine, 1796-1871

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Elizabeth "Lili" Jeanrenaud (née Souchay) was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1796. Her daughter, Cécile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud (10 October 1817 - 25 September 1853), married Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in 1837.

Carl Georg Ham was a German portrait and genre painter, born in 1838 in Frankfurt am Main. He trained at the State Academy of Fine Arts-Städelschule in Frankfurt under Jakob Becker. In 1874, he moved to Berlin to teach. His works were noted for their candlelight effect and were featured in exhibitions in Franklin, Berlin, and Munich.

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Citation

Hom, Georg: Portrait of Elizabeth Jeanrenaud, Leo Baeck Institute, 93.6.