JOSEPH BERNHARD EINSLE, signed and dated 1807

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JOSEPH BERNHARD EINSLE, signed and dated 1807

A mother with her child and the grand-parents in a rustic interior, the mother with dotted orange dress, wearing a portrait miniature of a gentleman suspended from a chain around her neck, holding her child on her thighs, the grandmother in dark dress and cap, the grandfather in red waistcoat wearing a white Zipfelmütze and holding a snuff-box; a sealed letter pinned to the wooden wall -- 68 mm diam., gilt-metal mount.

Lot Essay

For more information on this interesting artist, see Rainer Rückert, "Der Porträt-Miniaturmaler Joseph Bernhard Einsle (1774-1829)", Weltkunst, 20-22, 15 October-15 November 1984, pp. 2900-2904, 3206-3213, 3455-3459.

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