Detail View: The AMICA Library: Crescentia, Countess Zichy
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1988.57
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Central European; Austrian
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1793 - 1865
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
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Title:
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Crescentia, Countess Zichy
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1828
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Creation Start Date:
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1828
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Creation End Date:
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1828
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 95cm x 75cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1988.57
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Credit Line:
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John L. Severance Fund
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Inscriptions:
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signed right: Waldmül [...] / 1828
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Rights:
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Context:
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This portrait typifies painting in Vienna between 1815 and 1865, an era known as the Biedermeier period. The mountains in the background represent both a devotion to nature as well as the patriotic cult of the Austrian homeland. The sitter was a prestigious member of the aristocracy. Crescentia Seilern (1799-1875), countess in her own right, married Károly Zichy in 1812; she later became the wife of the Hungarian patriot István Széchenyi.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1988.57.tif
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