Olof Södermark was one of many Swedish officers during the first half of the 19th century who devoted themselves to artistic pursuits. In the mid-1820s he spent some time in Rome, where he painted this portrait of a woman at a café. The portrait is interesting in its total lack of the idealisation that otherwise characterised portraiture at that time.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Olof_Johan_S%C3%B6dermark" class="extiw" title="w:en:Olof Johan Södermark"><span title="Swedish sculptor, painter and officer (1790-1848)">Olof Johan Södermark</span></a>
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Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum