Portrait of Ellen Warburg

Helene Julie Warburg, called Ellen (1877-1943), from the Warburg family of bankers in Hamburg, is depicted. The picture was commissioned by her parents Albert and Gerta Warburg. Ellen married the lawyer Edgar Burchard. The painting was prepared with a large pastel (see Edvard Munch in Schweizer Sammlungen, Basel 1985, no. 12).