Head of a young woman with braided hair looking up to the right; Head of young woman, in profile to the right, wearing a head scarf; A preparatory drawing for the preceding composition; Head of a girl with her tied in a bun, in profile to the right; Head of a child, full-face, with a straight fringe; and Head of Angelika, Tischbein's daughter, small child looking up to the left

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Head of a young woman with braided hair looking up to the right; Head of young woman, in profile to the right, wearing a head scarf; A preparatory drawing for the preceding composition; Head of a girl with her tied in a bun, in profile to the right; Head of a child, full-face, with a straight fringe; and Head of Angelika, Tischbein's daughter, small child looking up to the left
black chalk, red and white chalk (4 and 5), watercolour (4, 5 and 6), watermarks G R (1), elephant (2), Pro Patria with Koning & Deslardyn and KD (4), Strasburg lily (5) and F C D (6), in comtemporary mounts (except 3-4)
13 x 9½ in. (328 x 240 mm.); 16 x 12¼ in. (407 x 312 mm.); 13 1/8 x 10¾ in. (335 x 276 mm.); 16½ x 13 in. (417 x 330 mm.); 11 x 8½ in. (280 x 217 mm.); 12¾ x 8 1/8 in. (324 x 207 mm.); and two drawings of Heads; A baby's head seen from behind; A copy of the Nike of Samothrace; and thirteen drawings of hands, feet, limbs and figures, some on prepared paper (23)

Lot Essay

(6) The portrait of Tischbein's daughter Angelika is preparatory to his painting of 1810 now in the Landesmuseum, Oldenburg (Mildenberger, 1986, no. 251). The sensitivity of the period looks back past Tischbein's theories of physiognomy to his early training as a portrait painter.
(5 and 11) Illustrated in plate III, p. 134.

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