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Portrait of an Elderly Woman

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-I-574
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of an Elderly Woman
Date of creation: 1842
Technique: watercolour
Material: paper watercolour gouache
Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 cm (height x width)

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Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait

Information about author

Author: Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime: 1828–1889
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.

Object description

The work is a bust-length depiction of an older woman in full face. She is portrayed in a cap with a pink ribbon. Her black hair, parted in the middle, frames her face. The woman wears a black dress and a white tulle collar. On her neck are three strands of pearls. Her left hand is depicted in front of her chest with two fingers folded together. The background of the work is dark, with black on either side of the woman's head.

Inscriptions

In the top right, there is an inscription in pencil: "1842". At the bottom of the label, there is an inscription in ink: "mal. majac 20 lat". On the left, in pencil: "№ 1824", on the right – "№ Г-І-574".

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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