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    Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug

    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug

    Late 18th-Century German School

    Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug

    This late 18th-century German school watercolour depicts Marie Magdalene Fürgang (1784-1854) wearing a striped dress decorated with flora.

    Marie was born Marie Magdalene Enslin to Johann David Enslin and Marie Elisabethe Enslin. She married Christof Friedrich Fürgang in 1801 and the pair had an astonishing 17 children. Here she’s depicted as a baby holding her beloved pug.

    The endearing wrinkly-faced pug dog has a rather illustrious history as it was the popular choice for aristocratic families in the 18th century. Numerous royals owned them, including Marie Antoinette and Madame Elisabeth in France. As such, it became fashionable to include them in portraiture. Usually, the pug is either being held in the sitter’s arms or resting at their feet.

    A charming portrayal of the bond between a child and their pet.

    Framed and glazed.

    Medium: Watercolour on paper
    Overall size: 20” x 24” / 51cm x 61cm
    Year of creation: c. 1786
    Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
    Condition: Assessed and approved by our conservator.

    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug
    Late 18th-Century German School, Portrait Of Marie Magdalene Fürgang With A Pug

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