TWO LOVELY EARLY 19TH-CENTURY GERMAN GOUACHE PORTRAITS, HANDSOMELY FRAMED

(ART). Two early 19th-century gouache portraits. Germany, circa 1795 and circa 1810. Two gouache portraits on wooden panels, each measuring 7 by 9 inches; handsomely framed, each measures 11-1/2 by 14 inches. $2500.

Wonderful pair of German gouache portraits, circa 1795 and circa 1815, painted on wooden panels, in handsome gilt frames.

This wonderful pair of German gouache portraits was likely part of set of family executed in a matching style (these are numbered “I” and “IIII”). The first is a portrait of a man (b. 1760, d. 1817) and appears to have been executed circa 1795 based on clothing styles and technique. The portrait of the woman (b. 1762, d. 1842) is executed in a slightly more realistic style and appears to have been completed circa 1815.

Light wear to frames, slightest faint staining to border of man’s portrait, else fine. An exceptional pair of German gouache portraits.