Portrait of Cecilie Trier, née Melchior, Bertha Wegmann, 1885

Cecilie trier was the sister of moritz gerson melchior (who commissioned the painting 'from a roman osteria' by carl bloch (kms1238) and who is seen in the background of bloch's painting). Wegmann also painted a portrait of the brother (1884, frederiksborg museum). According to a family tradition, cecilie trier reads a letter from her son gerson. Cecilie trier's two sons founded the banking company brødrene trier, højbro plads, copenhagen. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1885. Dimensions: height: 1,562 mm (61.49 in); width: 1,697 mm (66.81 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst. Bertha Wegmann, Portræt af Cecilie Trier, f Melchior, 1885, KMS8643, Statens Museum for Kunst