Bernhard Dietrich Funke, Portrait Of Clarinetist Johann Heinrich Helfrich summer which is dappled with clouds

which is dappled with clouds

Frame with some age-related wear and handling marks

wide-brimmed black hat

and a large cameo

Bernhard Dietrich Funke, Portrait Of Clarinetist Johann Heinrich Helfrich summer which is dappled with cloudsA charming early 19th century portrait of the clarinet virtuoso, Johann Heinrich Helfrich (1795 1870). The details are exquisite and its been painted very finely. Helfrich was active between 1821 1834 and sat for this portrait in 1826. The artist, Bernhard Dietrich Funke (1799 1837), has captured the expression of a young man at the start of his promising career. Funke was primarily known as a court painter and two of his works are held at the Bremen