Princess Wilhelmine, Daughter of Frederik VI

Executed in black‑and‑white, the portrait employs a subtle chiaroscuro effect: soft illumination highlights the princess’s face and shoulders while the surrounding darkness recedes. The hair is arranged in a tight braid, a hairstyle common in European portraiture of the period, and the high‑necked dress is rendered with minimal detail, directing attention to the sitter’s features rather than decorative elements.

Attributed to Xun Xu, a Chinese official and polymath linked to the Xun family, the work exemplifies the artist’s engagement with foreign subjects during a time of expanding cultural exchange. Though Xun Xu is historically associated with the Three Kingdoms and Jin dynasties, the painting’s 1819 date places it within a later phase of cross‑cultural artistic interaction, and it now resides in the Museum of Ethnography.