Clothilde Beer

Clothilde Beer by Hans Makart

Medium

Öl auf Holz

Dimensions

82 × 68 cm

Classification

Gemälde

Department

Belvedere Collection

Museum

Belvedere

Credit

Belvedere, Vienna

Accession Number

4567

About this artwork

Dieses Porträt ist wahrscheinlich nach dem Bild im Salzburg Museum (vgl. Frodl, Makart, 2013, Kat. Nr. 362) entstanden. Es trägt mehr als jenes den Stempel der Persönlichkeit Clothilde Beers, einer Cousine des Malers.

Art Historical Context

Hans Makart's *Clothilde Beer* (c. 1880) is an intimate oil-on-wood portrait measuring 82 × 68 cm, housed in Vienna's Belvedere Collection. Austrian painter, celebrated for his lavish historicist style blending Baroque grandeur with modern flair—often called the "Makartstilcaptured his cousin Clothilde Beer with remarkable personal depth. This work exemplifies Makart's mastery in portraiture, where rich oils on panel allowed for luminous textures and subtle modeling, ideal for evoking character in a compact format. Scholars note this painting likely derives from a version in the Salzburg Muse...

About the Artist

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