Ah... too bad. I was hoping his grandfather being the Court Painter to the Duke of Prussia in the 1600's would make the family artwork valuable....
And Ivers father was listed as a Merchant. So lastly Ivers himself was a shipowner. I think the only question left is who is the sitter and painter?
OK... another update... Ottmar Elliger the younger (Iver's grandfather, was also a pretty famous artist... Here's one of his works- [ATTACH]
I've spent the day so far researching the family tree of Iver Jorgen Elligers and found out quite a bit of information. First off, he is a direct...
Looks like Hans Elligers (1797-1867) was listed as a Skipsreder, Son of Iver Elligers. So I would only conclude that his father was a ship owner...
Also just found out the language written could be Bokmal. A literary form of Norwegian developed by the gradual reform of written Danish.
Skipsreder is a person or company that owns ships
I found this in a genealogy search.. Looks like it is the right lineage.... [ATTACH]
I also think maybe the last words are Margreth Elligens.. another name
She always thought late 18th to early 19th century specifically because of the hardness of the lacquer. It took an unusually strong solvent and...
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And lastly... front and verso re-stretched with new strips and the label shown on top[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Big difference!
Oh... and also during cleaning, she found some letters under the signature which I can't make out. Anyone have thoughts on those?? [ATTACH]
Hello all again. I wanted to send an update to my posts regarding my painting. A conservator is almost done with her work. The painting came out...
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