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Who painted it?
Who painted “A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror”?
“A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror” was painted by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg in 1841. Where to see it: Hirschsprung Collection.
What to look for
Neoclassicism: Rococo before it is playful and pastel; Romanticism, its contemporary rival, prefers loose brushwork, rich colour and strong emotion.
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). Wikipedia
Test yourself: a round on Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
More by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
- “The Russian Ship of the Line ‘Asow’ and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore”, 1828
- “Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson”, 1820
- “A View through Three of the North-Western Arches of the Third Storey of the Coliseum”, 1815
- “At a Window in the Artist's Studio”, 1852
- “Portrait of Bertel Thorvaldsen”, 1814
- “Portrait of the model Maddalena or Anna Maria Uhden”, 1815
- “The Death of Balder”, 1817
- “The Marble Steps Leading to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome”, 1814