Portrait Jeanne Chodowiecka [Portrait of the wife of the painter Chodowiecki with bonnet and white veil]
Jeanne Chodowiecka (1728-1785), née Barez, as a half figure to the right looking towards the viewer. The sitter has her hands clasped together. On her head she wears a light-coloured bonnet and a veil framing her face. Graff painted several versions of the portrait of the wife of the artist Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801).
The work is neither signed nor dated.
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At the latest 1896-at least 1906 Marie Chodowiecka (?-?), Berlin
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O. J. Private property, Germany
Until 1940s Kunsthandlung Eugen Brüschwiler, Munich
From 1940s Reich property ("Sonderauftrag Linz")
From summer 1943 entry into the Alt-Aussee mine
23.08.1945 entry into the Central Collecting Point Munich
Since 1949 federal property
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany