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Pauline Runge with her two-year-old-son  1807

by Philipp Otto Runge

"Frau und Söhnchen des Künstlers" by Philipp Otto Runge (Museum: Alte Nationalgalerie) [br] Runge painted this portrait in 1807, three years after his marriage to Pauline Bassenge. Both his realistic view of his subjects and his treatment of the landscape demonstrate his search for a new formal language. Pauline, with their two-year-old son, Sigismund, on her arm, is ster...
Size: 
97 cm (38.2 in). Width: 73 cm (28.7 in)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons