Caroline Bardua was a German painter. She was one of the first middle-class women who was able to create an existence for herself as an independent artist.
Caroline Bardua - Self Portrait with Lute (Selbstbildnis mit Laute), 1822.
Caroline Bardua - Johanna und Adele Schopenhauer (Detail), 1806
Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Old town
Ballenstedt Castle, courtyard
Ballenstedt Castle, about 1837
Town hall