19th century painting sitter and painter id help needed

[kraftwerk]

I need help is possible identification of the sitter (European? American?) and the signature is unclear to me. Can anyone recognize this woman artist?

Oil on canvas portrait of a Victorian lady Signed & dated 'Clara Urnika Pinx' '1864' mid right. Size 43 x 31" overall 50 x 38" in a contemporary brown wood frame

thanks in advance guys and gals

 

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[Indian Steve]

Soory that i can't help with ID but Very Nice Find!

 

[Mackaydon]

https://www.proxibid.com/Art-Antiqu...ERA-PORTRAIT-PAINTING/lotInformation/48532874
Did you buy it?
Don......

 

[kraftwerk]

No just was wondering

 

[Madmox]

It looks like one of those canvas prints and not a real painting. Not to mention the wonky frame and shoddy mounting.

 

[bradyboy]

IMO - pay attention to the signature image
i see no paint texture under the glare of the image
im thinking a repro
IMO
Brady

 

[kraftwerk]

IMO - pay attention to the signature image
i see no paint texture under the glare of the image
im thinking a repro
IMO
Brady

thanks. I will investigate that

 

[GibH]

The name is most likely the subject of the portrait. Women in that timeframe weren't that highly regarded as artists and rarely signed their full name, or they used an alias.

As for the texture and brush strokes, there appears to be a layer of varnish over the painting.

 

[MAILITY]

thanks. I will investigate that

Oil on canvas portrait of a Victorian lady Signed & dated 'Clara Urnika Pinx' '1864' mid right. Size 43 x 31" overall 50 x 38" in a contemporary brown wood frame

 

[jambone]

FWIW, I think the second name is closer to "Oonicke" than "Urnika". I can't get a get read of the 3rd name due to the glare.

 

[Doubter in MD]

No just was wondering

Wondering what? Are you interested in buying it?

 

[Plug N Play]

Pinxit (from Latin: "one painted") is a stylized amendment added to the signature depiction of the name of the person responsible for a work of art, found conventionally in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

It is sometimes abbreviated P, PIN, or PINX, as in some paintings by Raphael.

 

[jambone]

You might research Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke, a German painter who died in Hannover, Germany in 1899 (I think). Check out the very similar signature on this painting: Autoportrait de lartiste by Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke on artnet

I think the subject may be Sophie Charlotte von Hannover (this image by a different artist):

 

[Plug N Play]

You got it, jambone, well done !

Now, how does the same picture have the same width ... but one is 6" taller ?

I'm leaning towards the one sold Saturday is a print.
The auction was so incompetent as to not get the name right.
The prices for her work tend to go for much more than $475.
The entire painting seems to have been elongated 6" in printing ... note the thinner looking face.
The back mounting looks cheap ... adequate, but cheap.
They didn't even remove the backing to verify the canvas.

IDK ... I'm leaning towards this one as being a copy.

 

[kraftwerk]

You might research Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke, a German painter who died in Hannover, Germany in 1899 (I think). Check out the very similar signature on this painting: Autoportrait de lartiste by Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke on artnet

I think the subject may be Sophie Charlotte von Hannover (this image by a different artist):
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unbelievable. wow. spectacular! You have hit thew nail right no the head! Thanks so much!

 

[randazzo1]

Awesome ID!!

 

[namxat]

In addition to all what already smelling fishy, the signature as set out in the literature looks quite different from the one on the pic.


The pic. is no-no for me.


Namxat

 

[MAILITY]

Oil on canvas portrait audacity find my iphone origin of a Victorian lady Signed & dated 'Clara Urnika Pinx' '1864' mid right. Size 43 x 31" overall 50 x 38" in a contemporary brown wood frame

Oil on canvas portrait of a Victorian lady Signed & dated 'Clara Urnika Pinx' '1864' mid right. Size 43 x 31" overall 50 x 38" in a contemporary brown wood frame