KERSTING, Georg Friedrich
(b. 1785, Güstrow, d. 1847, Meissen)

At the Mirror

1827
Oil on canvas, 46 x 35 cm
Kunsthalle, Kiel

Among Kersting's finest accomplishments were interiors, which, unlike later Biedermeier depictions of domestic comfort and self-sufficiency, captured the mood of individual rooms and the way they reflected the thoughts and feelings of their occupants.

The painting represents a rear view of a figure, a popular theme of the painters of the time.