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(Dresden, 1824 – Paris, 1890)
Breton Girl Praying
Oil on canvas, cm. 130x97
signed 'A. SALLES WAGNER' lower right
Frame size, cm. 151 x 117 x 6 approx.
NOTES: Publication of the catalog of works from the Intermidiart collection. This image was included in the book “Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day”, assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Signed lower right. Certificate of Guarantee and Lawful Origin. Work with gilded and black lacquered frame (defects):
Very valuable work for artistic and economic value, by a valid artist, which illustrates a Breton girl who prays. The work, signed lower right, by the painter Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (Dresden, 1824 - Paris, 1890) active in the 19th century, illustrates an episode whose protagonists are a Breton girl on her knees with a rosary in her hand, in the act of praying the Marian Rosary. The scene sees the attitude of the girl as the protagonist, dressed in a well-tailored dress, inside a large room - probably a church - with marble columns and wall. With equal contempt, the face, despite its gaze turned downwards towards the rosary, catalyzes the attention of the viewer, adhering to precise canons of painting of that era, represented here in the act of prayer with a serene and peaceful attitude.
From a stylistic point of view, the canvas in question represents a profound intensity of expression which, alongside the impressionistic character, through the fusion of the chromatic masses with fast and vibrant brushstrokes. The figures of this painting which is influenced by impressionism but which is also declined with an entirely subjective pleasure for that past which recalls seventeenth-century painting such as Rembrandt.
This image was included in the book “Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day”, assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow, listing an overview of important female painters up to to 1905, the year of publication. The purpose of the book was to disprove the claim that "the achievements of women painters have been second-rate." The book includes over 300 images of paintings by over 200 painters (like ours), most of them born in the 19th century and winners of medals in various international exhibitions. The book is a useful reference work for anyone studying late 19th-century women's art.
Adelheid Wagner or Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890) was a German painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris. Born in 1825 in Dresden, she is the eldest of two sisters, both well-known painters. His surname is Wagner. His sister Elise, who became Madame Puyroche, took up floral painting. Adelheid studied the figure, first at the Dresden Academy and then under Jacquand and Cogniet in Paris. There she met and married the well-known artist Jules Salles [Jules Salles-Wagner (1814-1898)], a native of Nîmes and a pupil of Paul Delaroche. Salles-Wagner achieved his first successes with portraits, in oils and pastels, and then produced a series of mythological and religious images of rare value. She married the painter Jules Salles of Nîmes. She is known for portraits and genre works of children.
The original pictorial ductus of this work is characterized by a remarkable executive level, which reveals a skilled painter who was able to render the characteristics of the style of the work with great skill.
With regard to its state of conservation, the canvas is in a good state of conservation. The pictorial surface has a patina. We do not notice - in Wood's light - major restorations. In sunlight, a craquelé is visible in relation to the time. The painting - of good pictorial quality - is very interesting both for its iconographic setting and for the drafting of the colors, synonymous with an artist of great interpretative quality. The measurements of the canvas are cm. 130 x 97. The painting is embellished by the well-made frame in gilded and black lacquered wood (dimensions approx. 151 x 117 x 6 cm, small defects). "The frame shown in the photos above has been added to the artwork by the seller or a third party. The frame is provided to you at no additional cost so it is ready to display as soon as it arrives. The frame is included as a gift courtesy and is not considered an integral part of the artwork.Therefore, any potential damage to the frame that does not affect the artwork itself will not be accepted as a valid reason to open a claim or request cancellation of the order ."
PROVENANCE: Coll. Sicilian private
PUBLICATION:
? This image was included in the book “Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day”, assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow;
? THE MYTHS AND THE TERRITORY in Sicily with a thousand cultures. UNEDITED QUADRERIA general catalog of paintings from the collection of the cycle "Myths and the territory", Editore Lab_04, Marsala, 2023.
We also guarantee careful packaging with an external wooden crate and internal bubble wrap / cardboard / polystyrene (packaging cost approximately € 150.00) and tracked shipping (€ 100.00 Italy). For export, the work is subject to a request for a Certificate of Free Circulation (European Community) or a Certificate of Export (Extra Community Transport), at the export office (Superintendency of the territory) with the times and costs burdened ( €450/€1,000, all inclusive: shipping, packing and some exports).
The shipment could be delayed by a few days/weeks for logistical and administrative reasons. 67407167
