Young Italian Woman, with ‘Puck’ the Dog

• Portrait of a young Woman, with 'Puck' the Dog
• Young Woman, with 'Puck' the Dog
• Young Italian Woman, with ‘Puck’ the Dog
• Young Italian Woman with the Dog Puck

• Portrait of a young Woman, with 'Puck' the Dog
• Young Woman, with 'Puck' the Dog

SK-A-1703

• signature: ‘Th. Schwartze Paris. Amsterdam.’
• inscription: ‘Puck’

Known as Fortunata, this woman was one of the many professional Italian models working in Paris in the late 19th century. Schwartze started this painting while sojourning there in 1884 and exhibited it a year later in Amsterdam, having added the dog in the meanwhile. For a young female artist at the time, studying in Paris was as unconventional as pursuing a career as an artist. However, Schwartze pressed on and became a highly successful portraitist.

Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1897), p. 16.

painter: Thérèse Schwartze

c. 1885 - c. 1886

olieverf op doek

height 144 cm x width 103 cm

A.G. van Anrooy Bequest, Kampen

bequest 1897-05

Public domain

• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1897), p. 16.
• J. de Kleyn, 'Over enkele portretten die Thérèse Schwartze van haar nichtje Lizzy Ansingh maakte', Antiek 2 (1968) p. 307-308.

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108843