23rd Nov, 2016 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
428
~A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AMALIE HAIZINGER
~A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AMALIE HAIZINGER, GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1835 her elaborately dressed hair adorned with pink flowers, wearing a black dress with pearl jewellery, indistincly signed, on ivory, gilt-metal mount, black stained wood frame oval 8.5cm Amalie Haizinger (née Morstadt, 1800-1884), sometimes called Neumann-Haizinger, was a well-known German actress. Starting her stage career in her birth-town's Karlsruhe Theatre, she toured widely across Europe. Following her second marriage in 1827, to the singer Anton Haizinger, she developed comedic roles in the German 'Lustspiel' genre. Working from 1834 at Vienna's Burgtheater, she was celebrated until her death as a 'veteran comic'.
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~A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AMALIE HAIZINGER, GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1835 her elaborately dressed hair adorned with pink flowers, wearing a black dress with pearl jewellery, indistincly signed, on ivory, gilt-metal mount, black stained wood frame oval 8.5cm Amalie Haizinger (née Morstadt, 1800-1884), sometimes called Neumann-Haizinger, was a well-known German actress. Starting her stage career in her birth-town's Karlsruhe Theatre, she toured widely across Europe. Following her second marriage in 1827, to the singer Anton Haizinger, she developed comedic roles in the German 'Lustspiel' genre. Working from 1834 at Vienna's Burgtheater, she was celebrated until her death as a 'veteran comic'.
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 23rd Nov, 2016
