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Ein Fischerknabe
Date1830

Artist Friedrich von Amerling (1803 Wien – 1887 Wien)

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
103 x 87 cm
Signatureunlabelled
Inventory number2504
Location Currently not on display
The sitter is Josef Amerling, the painter's younger brother. Yet the boy has not been portrayed as himself but loose clothes and props have transformed him into a fisher lad. He has taken on a role in the picture, although the face is so clearly characterised that the intent to paint a portrait cannot be ruled out. Amerling had become acquainted with the type of portrait known as "fancy pictures" during his time in England in 1827/1828. As can be seen in comparable portraits by Thomas Lawrence, it is the "costume" that dominates over the personality and in this way the boundaries between portrait and genre become blurred.

Provenance
Exhibitions

1830 Ankauf an Ausstellung der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien, für kaiserliche Gemäldegalerie
1924 Übernahme aus dem Kunsthistorischen Museum, Wien

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