FERDINAND GEORG WALDMÜLLER PORTRAIT OF THIERY, LANDLORD OF THE WOLF-IN-THE-MEADOW INN The superb Portrait of Thiery, Landlord of the Wolf-in-the-Meadow Inn, painted in 1833, goes quite beyond the usual Biedermeier standard of objectivity tempered by engagement in its directness, and sketches a living soul with as much vivacity as exactitude. The innkeeper appears to regard the spectator in a spirit of scepticism, maintaining a self-confident distance from his interlocutor. Portraits such as this one are in every respect the equal of those painted at this period by Jean- Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) or by Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825). Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller Portrait of Thiery, Landlord of the Wolf-in-the-Meadow Inn, 1833 Oil on canvas height 66 cm, width 53 cm Signed and dated at upper right: Waldmüller 1833 Inv.-No. GE1608 Provenance: private collection in Veinna; private collection in Munich; acquired in 2003 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein Further works on display Mountain Landscape with the Ruin of Liechtenstein near Mödling, 1859 View of Mödling, 1848 Lime-kiln in the Hinterbrühl, c. 1845 The Ruins of the Greek Theatre at Taormina on Sicily, 1844 Portrait of the architect Charles de Moreau (1758-1841), 1822 The Ruins of the Temple of Juno Lacinia at Agrigento, c. 1845 Lake Fuschl with the Schafberg, c. 1835 Portrait of the Future Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (1830-1916) as a Grenadier with Toy Soldiers, 1832 Revival to New Life, 1852 Maternal Admonition, 1850 The lesson, 1837 Ruines of the greek theater in Taormina towards the straits of Messina, 1844 The halted Pilgrimage, 1853 Roses, 1843 Flowers in a Porcelain Vase with Candlestick and Silver Vessels, 1839 Related themes Neoclassicism and Bidermeier: Biedermeier		New acquisitions >>