This miniature depicts Helene Sedlmayr (1813–1898), a resident of Munich, whose portrait became one of the most famous in King Ludwig I of Bavaria's renowned Gallery of Beauties.
Condition: Good.
Subject: Helene is depicted in the traditional festive costume of an old Munich townswoman.
Original: This work is a miniature copy (often referred to as "Lupenmalerei" or "magnifying glass painting") of the famous canvas by court painter Joseph Karl Stieler, painted in 1831.
Materials: Such antique miniatures were typically executed in oil or gouache on a thin bone plate (ivory or mammoth).
Frame: The portrait is set in a frame characteristic of the 19th–20th centuries, faced with bone plates and decorative inlays (e.g., tortoiseshell or brass).
Historical Background
Helene Sedlmayr was the daughter of a shoemaker and worked as a delivery girl in a toy shop. King Ludwig I was so captivated by her beauty when she delivered gifts to his children that he commissioned her portrait for his gallery. She subsequently became a symbol of the "beautiful Munich woman."
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