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FEUERBACH, Anselm: Henriette Feuerbach, die Stiefmutter des Künstlers

🖼 Henriette Feuerbach, die Stiefmutter des Künstlers, 1871
Belvedere
Weimar, Germany

Soft brushwork renders an elderly woman in three-quarter view, her face lined with age and contemplative expression, set against a muted background. Feuerbach's intimate portrait of his stepmother captures profound psychological depth, exemplifying 19th-century portraiture's shift toward emotional authenticity over idealization.

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E. H. Gombrich
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