CC BY 4.0
Georg Balder
Portrait of the Wife (of Friedrich Helmle?), 1840 - 1845
About the object
In the 1840s, a new modesty in fashion set in. The simple dresses drew attention to the precious fabric from which they were made. The triangular shape of the bodice (top of the dress), tapering to the hips, emerged, as this portrait also illustrates.