Soul Painting

Sentimental Pendant Brooch with Enamel Painting Framed in Gold, c. 1880 & Later


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Sentimental Pendant Brooch with Enamel Painting Framed in Gold, c. 1880 & Later
Sentimental Pendant Brooch with Enamel Painting Framed in Gold, c. 1880 & Later
Description
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This small brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, presents a fine enamel painting in its center. We see an intimate scene from the realm of classical mythology. Two figures with childlike faces are standing in a garden. They are dressed in tunics, one child in purple, the other in pink. The two appear childlike, naive and innocent as they look intently at something outside the picture. Paintings like this are about much more than depicting childlike figures. It is about the depiction of feeling, beauty and soul that should be found in nature. And indeed, the figure on the right appears as the personification of the soul - recognizable by the butterfly wings, the psyche is meant here. Enamel work like this was very fashionable in the late 19th century. The delicate colors corresponded to the taste of the time, which was enthusiastic about the Rococo and the gallant world of Marie Antoinette. We therefore date the enamel painting to around 1880. Brigitte Marquardt: Schmuckerei. Realism and Historicism. 1850-1895. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Munich 1998, has collected some fine comparative examples on p. 236. A gold frame added in the second half of the 20th century makes the plaque wearable as a brooch and pendant.
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Sentimental Pendant Brooch with Enamel Painting Framed in Gold, c. 1880 & Later
Soul Painting
€ 690.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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