Oval composition: portrait of a girl

(1817 Alvensleben – 1886 Magdeburg) Portrait of a Girl. An oval composition, full-length portrait shows a girl from a wealthy family, dressed in a white summer dress and sitting at the edge of a park with a doll and a red rose in her lap or in her right hand. Beside her is a doll carriage with a small bouquet of roses inside. An exquisite and well-executed work created by Wodick, known for several portraits of children. Wodick studied from 1836 to 1841 at the Academy in Düsseldorf, including under Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow and the renowned portraitist and genre painter Karl Ferdinand Sohn. He developed a special talent for portrait painting. From 1841 to 1846, Wodick spent an extended period in Paris and Rome, where his activity as a portraitist brought him an increasing number of commissions; Bavarian King Ludwig I and Prince Henry of Prussia were among his buyers and admirers, as well as wealthy nobles. In 1846, Wodick returned to Magdeburg, where he also established himself as a sought-after portraitist of many figures from politics, economics, science, and culture. In 1862, even Prussian King Wilhelm I personally posed for him. Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1869. 110 cm x 86 cm. Original frame.