6532 - Henry, Suzette

Henry, Suzette Portrait of Wilhelm Louis with a Book. Oil on canvas, with relining. 52 x 45 cm. Signed and dated “S. Henry 1819” in the lower left corner; various annotations regarding the subject on the reverse. This portrait of the young Wilhelm Sally Louis (1803–1869), who later became a lawyer, is a rediscovered late work—if not one of the very last works—by Susanne Henry, who died in the same year the painting was created. Provenance: Collection of W. D. von Kottwitz, Potsdam (grandson of the subject). In a private collection in Berlin since 1969, passed down through the family. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.