The Sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau, the Artist's Husband  1846

The portrait was painted in 1846, the year that Elisabeth Baumann married the Danish sculptor Jerichau. In the background we see the result of the inspired artist’s work, a preliminary study for his breakthrough work Hercules and Hebe from 1845. [br] [b]An alien figure[/b] As a female artist who spoke German, had trained in Germa­ny and painted in the German fashion Baum...