Anna Martignoni (1826-1873)

Portrait of a Young Girl before Lake Constance (Bodensee)

oil on wood panel

36,5 x 30 cm

signed and dated 1856

Anna Martignoni, the painter of this portrait, was the niece and student of Marie Ellenrieder.

In a letter dated January 31, 1860, from Constance, Marie Ellenrieder refers to Anna as her pupil: "meiner Schülerin der Anna Martignony [sic]."   See Marie Ellenrieder, Der schriftliche Nachlass, Nr. 205, www.edwin-fecker.de.