Oil portraits of 1830s European ladies. Not sure how many hair pins it took to make their hair stay puffed out like that. A lot. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter. Living from 1804 to 1832, he was born and raised in Denmark but died in Italy where he had gone to paint. They all went to Italy to paint if they could remotely afford it.

Portrait of Countess Sophia Vilhelmine Moltke. 1811. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). In the public domain due to age. via Facebook and https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/marylai/post459874495

Portrait Of A Woman In A Black Dress And Large Hat. Undated, by 1832. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). Image © Nice Art Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.niceartgallery.com/Wilhelm-Ferdinand-Bendz/Portrait-Of-A-Woman-In-A-Black-Dress-And-Large-Hat-oil-painting.html

Marie Raffenberg, the Artist’s Betrothed. 1831. Oil on canvas. Danish. Oil on canvas. Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz, painter (1804-1832). Signed on the lower right. In the publid domain due to age. https://artvee.com/dl/marie-raffenberg-the-artists-betrothed#00

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