Helene Kreszenz Sedlmayr (12 February 1813, Trostberg - 18 November 1898, Munich)

Portrait of Helene Sedlmayr in Old Munich costume by court painter Joseph Karl Stieler, c.1830, for the Gallery of Beauties.

Helene Kreszenz Sedlmayr (12 February 1813, Trostberg - 18 November 1898, Munich) was a German beauty of the 19th century,
considered the epitome of Munich's beauties. A shoemaker's daughter, she became known to Ludwig I of Bavaria when (aged 15)
she supplied toys to his children and he commissioned a portrait of her from Stieler for his Gallery of Beauties.
In 1831 she married the king's valet Hermes Miller (1804–1871), with whom she had 10 children.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
frame: ivory with an inlay of nacre
not signed
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: excellent
dimension vertically: 117 mm
inner diameter: 60 mm
thick: 11 mm
convex glass
eyelet
backside information:
handwritten: 01/22/80 Helene Sedlmayr
Rubber stamp and sticker Künsthandlung Rötzel Frankfurt A/M




stock number 472