Portrait of Marie Hess-Honegger
| Dating | 1904 |
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| Provenance | Hermann and Marie Hess-Honegger, Rüti, Switzerland |
| Current residence | unknown |
| Signature | b.r. in paint: HRI GOOVAERTS [underlined] 1904 |
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| Remarks | Marie Honegger was a granddaughter of Kaspar Honegger (1820-1892), founder of 'Maschinenfabrik Rüti', a major textile machine factory in Rüti, near Zurich. She was married to Hermann Hess, who founded the furniture factory Embru (Eisen- und Metall-Bettenfabrik Rüti) in the year in which this portrait was painted. During the painting of the portraits of Marie Hess-Honegger, her husband and their daughter, Goovaerts lived and worked at the Hess-Honegger villa in Rüti. |