Antique 1820s Oil Portrait of a Gentleman - Professionally Conserved - Pristine

Description

View Antique 1820s Oil Portrait of a Gentleman - Professionally Conserved - Pristine with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The hairstyle is relatively short and natural, unlike the powdered fashions of the late 1700s. The sitter was a member of the wealthy middle class of the Karl Johan era (circa 1815–1830). He was a successful merchant, shipowner or prominent guild master in a city like Stockholm or Gothenburg, painted somewhere between about 1810 and 1835 . Several details verify this provenance: The high white cravat or neckcloth is characteristic of the late Georgian / Empire period. The sitter wears a dark coat with double-breasted buttons , a common style for educated professionals, merchants, clergy, government officials, and members of the bourgeois class. The hairstyle is relatively short and natural, unlike the powdered fashions of the late 1700s. The restrained dark background and emphasis on the face are typical of Northern European portraiture of the early 19th century. High-Status Attire: The subject's high, crisp white cravat (neckcloth) wrapped tightly up to the chin, combined with a high-collared dark wool frock coat, was the definitive uniform of affluent, respectable gentlemen during the Regency and Biedermeier eras (c. 1815–1835) . The Merchant Context in Sweden: In Sweden during the 1820s, the maritime trade and shipping industries were booming, particularly in prominent port cities like Gothenburg and Stockholm. Successful shipowners, captains, and wholesale merchants ( grosshandlare ) frequently commissioned portraits like this to display their elevated socioeconomic standing. Condition: Used. Category: Art › Paintings.

Unit of Sale

Single Piece

Artist

After Olof Johan Södermark (1790–1848)

Size

Large

Signed

No

Material

Canvas

Item Length

24 in

Framing

Framed

Region of Origin

Northern Europe

Subject

Inspirational

Type

Painting

Year of Production

1820

Original/Licensed Reproduction

Original

Item Height

27 in

Theme

Domestic & Family Life, Religious, Portrait

Style

Realism, Still Life, Regency

Features

One of a Kind (OOAK)

Production Technique

Oil Painting

Country of Origin

Sweden

Handmade

Yes

Item Width

1 in

Time Period Produced

1800-1849