Jonge Italiaanse vrouw met de hond Puck
ca. 1885 - ca. 1886
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
103; 144
About this artwork
signatuur, linksboven: ‘Th. Schwartze Paris. Amsterdam.’
Art Historical Context
Thérèse Schwartze’s “Jonge Italiaanse vrouw met de hond Puck” captures a quiet moment of companionship between a young Italian woman and her small dog. Painted in oil on canvas around 1885–1886, the nearly life-size portrait measures 144 by 103 centimeters, giving the figures a striking presence. The signature in the upper left—“Th. Schwartze Paris. Amsterdam”—hints at the artist’s trans-European career, linking her training in Paris with her professional base in Amsterdam. Schwartze was one of the most successful female painters of her generation in the Netherlands. At a time when women arti...