TISCHBEIN, Johann Heinrich the Elder
(b. 1722, Haina, d. 1789, Kassel)

Portrait of the Artist and His Wife at the Spinet

1769
Oil on canvas, 48 x 34 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

This Fragonard-like portrait is brisk and vivid, bespeaking the French-oriented spirit of the German and Austrian Enlightenment.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes):
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Sonata in A major Wq 89, II. Arioso