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Wilhelmine Preetorius 1896

Seated three quarter-length to the right, looking full face to the viewer, wearing a grey dress with balloon sleeves with a black frilled chiffon collar and a broad black belt, and a black hat decorated with black feathers

Oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm (37 ½ x 29 ½ in.)

Inscribed lower left: László Fülöp / Mainz / 1896

Private Collection

The present portrait is the most formal of three portraits that de László painted of Elma Preetorius when the artist first visited the Preetorius family in Mainz. It is related compositionally to the seated portrait of her sister Friedel [111113]. See also [3346] and [12564].

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [12564].

AG 2008