Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman c1846 by German Painter Paul Burde (1819 – 1874); arlunydd genre, portreadwr a darlunydd.
This is a beautifully done portread of a woman of the 19th century dressed in a period costume.
She is wearing a beautiful black off shoulder deep v-neck evening dress that has a diamond brooch at the center; that matches her black hair with curly locks and the black bun on the back of her head.
She also has a lace embroidered shawl, that hangs from her waist and is intertwined around her folded arms.
She is standing by a blank wall, leaning against a round column with a large square base that she is resting her right forearm on.
Mae hwn yn atgynhyrchiad hen feistri celf ddigidol wedi'i ailfeistroli o ddelwedd parth cyhoeddus sydd ar gael fel a print cynfas wedi'i rolio ar-lein.
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Paul is the son of Ernst Bürde (1794 – 1869) and Pauline, née Rambach (1798 – 1855); and was the fifth child of the couple.
Paul comes from a talented family, which included his uncle the animal painter and Berlin academy professor Friedrich Leopold Bürde (1792 – 1849), who was the husband of operatic soprano singer and pianist Jeanette Milder-Bürde (1799 – ?).
Another one of his uncle’s Georg Heinrich Bürde (1796 – 1865) worked as the building councilor for Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 – 1841); and his grandfather was the poet and court councilor Samuel Gottlieb Bürde (1753 – 1831).
Paul during his career created several memorable paintings that established him in the artistic world; starting with that of his teacher in the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin; German Painter Eduard Wilhelm Daege (1805 – 1883), who was also the director of the National Gallery in Berlin.
Other well known works that he created include Diskussion im Frankfurt Parliament; a painting of the leading politicians of the German Revolution of 1848 i 1849; Homage to Kaiser Wilhelm I (1797 – 1888) painted in 1871; a member of the House of Hohenzollern, who was the first head of state of a United Germany.
Paul remained an active painter until his death in 1830, creating genre scenes, portreadau, and illustrations as well as a painting for Berlin high society, the royal court and the royal family.
