Voorstudie voor het portret van Aleida Maria Engelberts, echtgenote van prof. Hendrik Cock 1774 - 1837

This preliminary study for a portrait by Charles Howard Hodges shows Aleida Maria Engelberts, the wife of Professor Hendrik Cock, in a simple, elegant pose, wearing a pearl necklace and a dark dress. Hodges, a British painter known for his portraits, used delicate pencil strokes to capture the subject’s likeness in this preliminary study. This is a preliminary work created for a larger painting, revealing the artist’s process and the careful observation of the subject. It is a fine example of early 19th-century portraiture.