BIEDERMEIER PORTRAIT OF FRAU ZIMMERMANN, C.1820�25

OIL ON BEVELED WOOD PANEL, UNSIGNED. INSCRIBED "JULIUS GUJER" IN GRAPHITE VERSO (LIKELY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIUS GUJER) BEARS A DETAILED HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT LABEL IN GERMAN ON THE REVERSE:"GROSSMUTTER ZIMMERMANN GEB. HIRT [?] / VON L�TZELFL�H / GEBOREN C. 1760 / MUTTER VON KASPAR ZIMMERMANN / RUSSLAND"(TRANSLATION: "GRANDMOTHER ZIMMERMANN, BORN HIRT [MAIDEN NAME], FROM L�TZELFL�H, BORN CIRCA 1760, MOTHER OF KASPAR ZIMMERMANN, RUSSIA") 14 X 10.75 IN 16.125 X 13.25 IN FRAMED L�TZELFL�H IS A HISTORIC COMMUNE IN THE EMMENTAL REGION OF THE CANTON OF BERN, SWITZERLAND. THE LABEL DOCUMENTS THE SITTER'S BIRTH CIRCA 1760 AND RECORDS HER SON'S EMIGRATION TO RUSSIA�A COMMON PROFESSIONAL AND EMIGRATION DESTINATION FOR SWISS FAMILIES DURING THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. BASED ON THE SITTER'S ADVANCED AGE AND EARLY 19TH-CENTURY BIEDERMEIER REGIONAL ATTIRE, THE PORTRAIT WAS EXECUTED CIRCA 1820�1835.