Joseph Reinhardt
Baptism in Lucerne January 23, 1749.
Died
in Lucerne May 28, 1824.
Costumes des sommelieres de Berne
The Wine Mistresses of Bern
Two doting Bernese women fill the glass of a handsome young Swiss farmhand who reclines on a wooden bench after a hard days work.
Shown to the right is the Original Engraving, available for purchase from Village Antiques.
You can also buy reproduction cards, post cards and postage stamps with this motif in our Zazzle shop.
The well-known 18th Century Swiss artist Joseph Reinhardt was a successful Lucerne portraitist and religious painter who also produced a famous series of outstanding engravings onSwiss folkloric themes.
As a young man, Reinhardt studied in Italy (in Lucca and in Rome) where after his money ran out, he also worked
for a time as one of the Swiss Guards at the
Vatican.
After returning to Luzern, he earned
a living painting religious works, including
several large altarpieces. Gradually he also began to gain reputation as a portraitist.
Between 1796 and 1802 Reinhardt traveled through Switzerland
to document national costumes for his famous
major cycle of prints on Swiss peasants.
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