Painting

Title:

Sophia Baumgarten

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1946.018.22 a

Creator:

von Dillis, Johann Georg (1759-1841)Artist

Place of Origin:

Munich, Germany

Date:

circa 1795

Description:

Miniature portrait of Walburga Sophia Barbara, Countess of Baumgarten (1788-1828), attributed to Johann Georg von Dillis (1759-1841), c. 1795. Watercolor on paper on board. Bust-length view of a girl facing slightly right of center with head and eyes toward viewer. Wearing a white Empire-style dress with low neckline, bordered with ruffles. Light brown hair and gray eyes. Background consisting of dark green foliage against light brown setting. Handwritten paper label glued to wood backing identifying subject as "Sophia Baumgarten / daughter of Count / Rumford born 1790 / in Munich." Also, paper label with handwritten ink inscription (in the same hand), on backing paper, "Sophia / Baumgarten / Daughter of Count / Rumford born/ 1790 in Munich. / 1917 / 7 July." In oval brass stamped frame, glazed.

Material:

Paper
Wood

Dimensions:

H-5.1 W-3.9 inches

Provenance:

This is probably the portrait of Sophy which is said to have "always hung in (Countess Rumford's) private apartment in all her subsequent places of abode, and (to have been) on the wall of the chamber (in Concord, N.H.) in which she died."
Sarah Thompson (Countess Rumford) was the subject's half-sister. Countess Rumford's adopted daughter, Emma Gannell (1826-1923) married John Burgum (1826-1907), and were grandparents of the donor, Edwin Berry Burgum.

Credit Line:

The Edwin G. Burgum Collection

People:

Rumford, Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814), Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852), von Baumgarten, Walburga Sophia Barbara (1788-1828), von Dillis, Johann Georg (1759-1841)

Subjects:

Portrait miniatures, Girls