3-051-045 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Portrait of County Court Judge Thomas H. Moinichen, 1831. Additional Info: Thomas Heinrich Moinichen (1758-1845) was a stipendiary magistrate in Sor-Gudbrandsdal from 1806 to 1841. The family settled at Onsum, one of the largest farmsteads in Faberg. When Matthias Stoltenberg painted this portrait, in 1831, Moinichen was in his early seventies. Stoltenberg has depicted him in full-face view against a dark, neutral background. The black jacket has a golden collar and metal buttons. The sitter’s face is pale, and his expression is solemn he has bushy eyebrows, dark, round eyes, a pronounced nose, a small, almost pursed mouth, and a double chin. This is a formal yet realistic portrait of the aging magistrate, depicted with a subdued palette.