Rasmus Christiansen, The Writing Maid reich 13” x 10” / 34cm

13” x 10” / 34cm x 26cm

So perhaps the lady’s stern expression is due to her backache rather than her personality…

Provenance Spain

If you cast your eye along the path

in the lower right and housed within a frame that’s possibly its original

Rasmus Christiansen, The Writing Maid reich 13” x 10” / 34cmA fine early 20th century interior scene depicting the writer Charlotte Dorothea Biehl (17311788) by Danish artist Rasmus Christiansen (1863 1940). Biehl was a well known author during the 18th century and predominantly known for the scandalous letters she wrote to her friend, Johan Blow. In these, she would report on the marital affairs of the Danish court particularly King Frederik IV and King Frederik V. Initially her letters were not intended for