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Young Woman

Friedrich von Amerling Austrian, 1803-1887
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Young Woman

19th century

Friedrich von Amerling

1803-1887

Austrian

Unknown

Paint on canvas

Unframed: 18 7/8 × 16 3/4 inches (47.9 × 42.6 cm) Framed: 27 1/4 × 26 1/2 × 3 1/8 inches (69.2 × 67.3 × 7.9 cm)

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European Painting

Gift of Howard Young

28.6

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by 1928, Howard Young [1878-1972] (New York, New York, USA);
1928-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Heil, Walter. “A Painting by Ingres.” Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 6 (March 1928): pp. 67-69 (ill.) [as by Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres (1780–1867)].

Booth, Ralph H., et al. "Annual Report of the Arts Commission for the Year 1928." Bulletin of the DIA 10, no. 5 (February 1929): pp. 58-71, p. 61 (ill.) [as by Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres].

Heil, Walter. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit. Detroit, 1930, no. 107 [unpaginated; as by Jean Ingres].

The Detroit Institute of Arts: Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 51, no. 107 [as by German Romantic school, about 1840-50].

Scheyer, Ernst. Eichendorff und die bildenden Künste mit deutschen Bildern des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts aus amerikanischen Sammlungen. Neumarkt, 1956, p. 16; p. 29 [as by the Studio of Friedrich von Amerling].

Scheyer, Ernst. Schlesische Malerei der Biedermeierzeit. Frankfurt am Main, 1965, p. 179, no. 62.

Cinco Siglos de Obras Maestras de la Pintura en Colecciones Norteamericanas Cedidas en Préstamo a Costa Rica. Exh. cat., Museo de Jade, Institutio de Segurros. Detroit, 1978, pp. 46-47, no. 11 (ill.).

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Friedrich von Amerling, Young Woman, 19th century, paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Howard Young, 28.6.

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