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Objekt 17

Portrait of Ursula Meyer-Hey (1755-1831), daughter of Friedrich Hey

Description

The medallion, which she wears on a silk cord around her neck, shows the silhouette of her husband, the city council president Georg Meyer (1754-1829), whom she had married the previous year.

Object description

Painter: Anton Hickel

Basel, dated 1784

Oil on canvas

Inv. 1937.31. Bequest Caroline Meyer-Seiler

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