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Essays bilingual (English/German) / Catalog raisonné monolingual (German) Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887) was one of Vienna’s most important portraitists. His oeuvre reads like a who’s who of the 19th century. He received commissions from the Habsburg court, the Austrian nobility, and the haute bourgeoisie, because no other portraitist could blend realism and idealism so aptly. In addition, throughout his life Amerling studied his own appearance in a series of self-portraits and portrayed many of his fellow artists. He became particularly popular for his depictions of young women, and stories circulated about little clues inserted into their costumes. Amerling’s approximately 1,200 paintings are collected here for the first time in an illustrated catalog raisonné. Several essays discuss the painter’s outstanding artistic talent, his life, his models, his collection, and his residence. Look inside Volume 13 of the series Belvedere catalog raisonné Portrait and genre painting in the 19th century Catalog raisonné of one of the most important Austrian portrait and genre painters of the 19th century

This volume illustrates the development of art in Central Europe from 1830 – 1860 – a period which begins in the age of Biedermeier but extends well beyond it. It shows by means of a selection of representative works how art at this time developed independently and was not restricted to the historical Biedermeier era. DESCRIPTION “Is that Biedermeier?”, we often ask of pictures which date from the same period but do not look typically Biedermeier. The publication concentrates on these works in particular by showi ng the wide range of painting in the years between 1830 – 1860 through portraits, landscapes and genre pictures. The main focus lies on Austrian painters like Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt and Friedrich von Amerling, together with artists from N orthern Italy, Hungary, Bohemia and Slovenia including Giuseppe Tominz, József Borsos, Bedřich Havránek and Francesco Hayez. There are also references to the changes in style in furniture production at that time, which also demonstrated a remarkable divers ity.