Franciszek Żmurko (1859–1910), Portrait of Aleksandra Lüde-Żmurko, 1886
Pencil drawing on paper, 31 x 39 cm (framed), 11 x 13 cm
Signed and dated in the lower right corner: "Aleksandra Lüde-Żmurko/ F. Żmurko/ 1886"
Inscriptions on the reverse regarding the work’s provenance: “Drawing of Aleksandra/ In pencil/ Lüde-Żmurko/ Property of Józef Żmurko/ The drawing comes from the family’s mementos from Lviv/ this is... a drawing by my wife Aleksandra".
The drawing is mounted in a passe-partout and a carved wooden frame with a glass pane. The back has been covered with a fragment of 20th-century wallpaper featuring folk patterns.
Franciszek Józef Jan Żmurko was born and educated in Lviv, where the drawing of his wife—an actress—originated.
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