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Franz Wessely
Date1810

Artist Peter Krafft (1780 Hanau – 1856 Wien)

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
61 × 48 cm
SignatureSign. und dat. unten links: Franz Wessely / gebohren Anno 1746. / gemahlt v. PKrafft. / Anno 1810 [PK ligiert]
Inventory number1576
Location Currently not on display
This picture exudes bourgeois pride, a pride in the (modest) wealth accumulated through hard work. We can clearly read the sitter’s name and date of birth on a panel: Franz Wessely was sixty-four when Krafft painted him in 1810. Otherwise we know nothing about him. Wessely must have been an unassuming person, although he did have his portrait painted. He wears simple attire: a gray jacket and waistcoat with a shirt made of obviously unbleached linen and a black necktie. Krafft concentrates on the face that is characterized by lucid, penetrating eyes. Wessely’s slightly flushed cheeks add the only accent of color in the painting.

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