Portrait of a Young Man Type:art print The use of a diagonal

The use of a diagonal skyline and the coarse figures is typical of Wouwerman's output during a period when he was heavily under the influence of Pieter van Laer

Dürck was a pupil in Leipzig of Schnorr von Carolsfeld and studied at the Munich Academy 1824-9

published two books of songs and anthems

Possibly Spanish

but his special status - he was already an established master in his own right - is demonstrated by the fact that he did not scruple to 'improve' the composition to suit his own ideas

Portrait of a Young Man Type:art print The use of a diagonalThis miniature, on ivory, was probably painted in the 1820s. The head of this anonymous sitter appears well finished, the remainder very slipshod; the background and coat seem to have been repainted, possibly because of damage cause by moulding. The former attribution to Beechey is impossible, while the sitter, who appears to be under twenty years old, cannot be Bourgeois as a label on the back states.