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Description: | Balthasar Denner was born in Hamburg. Denner specialised in meticulous representations of old age. The wrinkles of the elderly sitter are depicted with the same elaborate detail as his fur-trimmed velvet cap and coat, and the lace edge of his scarf. Denner produced a large number of portraits of old men and women before moving to England, where he worked between 1721 and 1728 in a broader manner. This painting was probably produced during his German period. It was once thought to be a self-portrait of Denner, but there is no evidence to support such an identification. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Denner, Balthasar (German painter, 1685-1749) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9046... | Go to resource |
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