Year 1820 Created 1820 | Medium Oil on canvas | |
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Location National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen Artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Similar Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg artwork, Other artwork | ||
Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson is a painting by the Danish painter, C. W. Eckersberg. It was painted in 1820.
A busy portrait painter, Eckersberg received a commission from M. L. Nathanson to paint two large family portraits. Eckersberg painted the two daughters in two different poses but made them appear strikingly similar, like two variations on a theme. The parrot in the cage may symbolize the longing of the daughters to move from a sheltered home and out into real life.
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Bella and Hanna. The Eldest Daughters of M. L. Nathanson Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA