Portrait of Lizzy Ansingh
From the series One hundred masterpiecesPortrait of Lizzy Ansingh by Thérèse Schwartze, oil on canvas, 1902
Thérèse Schwartze was the most sought-after portraitist of Dutch 19th-century high society. Yet the portraits she painted of those closest to her were her favourites. This likeness of her niece and fellow artist Lizzy Ansingh is one of her best works.
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