Nº 42
Reading edition
Ludwig Knaus GERMAN: 1829-
A HAPPY FRÄULEIN
Height, 14 inches; width, 11½ inches
The head and shoulders of a fair-haired young German maiden, the body in profile, the head in three-quarters view to the left, slightly inclined, and the eyes turned toward the spectator. Her wavy hair, tinged with auburn, is brushed back from her forehead and tied in a small knot at the top. Her left arm is bare and her hand held to her bosom, and the flesh is in contrast against a short-sleeved black velvet bodice, trimmed with lace, which falls over the upper arm. The background is a graded tone of gray green.
Signed at the lower left, L. Knaus, 1899.