CC BY 4.0
Johann Baptist Seele
Portrait of Maria Fischer, 1792
About the object
The portrait of Maria Fischer was painted together with that of her husband, Christof Heinrich Fischer. The sitters turn toward one another in profile, their gazes traversing the borders of the portraits. Johann Baptist Seele breathes life into the couple by capturing them in sculptural silverpoint. The absence of the customary tonal palette stands out here.