Bernhard Dietrich Funke, Portrait Of Clarinetist Johann Heinrich Helfrich summer and a large cameo

and a large cameo

The sky is aglow with a deep golden hue as several local fishermen tend to their boats

The painting is housed in a good later frame

This early-20th-century portrait by French painter Paul-Antoine Hallez (1872-1965) depicts a formidable lady with her left hand resting on an umbrella

Canvas little undulant and frame with some light age-related wear

Bernhard Dietrich Funke, Portrait Of Clarinetist Johann Heinrich Helfrich summer and a large cameoA charming early 19th century portrait of the clarinet virtuoso, Johann Heinrich Helfrich (1795 1870). The details are exquisite and its been painted very finely. Helfrich was active between 1821 1834 and sat for this portrait in 1826. The artist, Bernhard Dietrich Funke (1799 1837), has captured the expression of a young man at the start of his promising career. Funke was primarily known as a court painter and two of his works are held at the Bremen