Auction 313: Old Masters & 19th Century Art | 18 November 2022
Adolph Menzel

Friederike Steinert, knitting

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Lot 132
Adolph Menzel
1815 Breslau – Berlin 1905
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Pencil on thin cardboard, with embossed stamp of the paper maker “Bristol Paper” upper left. 1841. 23.5 x 19.5 cm. Signed and dated “24 Dezemb. 1841.” lower left.We are thankful to Dr. Claude Keisch, Berlin, for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work upon examination of a digital photograph and for the information he has kindly provided for cataloguing this lot (e-mail dated 23.9.2022).

Result: € 12,700*

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Wir danken Dr. Claude Keisch, Berlin, für die Bestätigung der Authentizität auf Grundlage einer digitalen Fotografie und für wertvolle Hinweise zur Katalogisierung (E-Mail vom 23.9.2022).

Provenienz:
Ehemals Privatbesitz, Dortmund;
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.

Description

Bei der strickenden, en face dargestellten Frau handelt es sich um Friederike Steinert, Witwe des Hofbaurats Georg Wilhelm Steinert aus Rheinberg und Schwiegermutter von Menzels bestem Freund, dem Oberstabsarzt Dr. Wilhelm Puhlmann, die er am Weihnachtstag 1841 porträtierte. – Papier gleichmäßig leicht nachgedunkelt. Schwache Wischspuren. Verso in den Ecken mit Kleberesten ehemaliger Montierung, unten links schwach nach recto durchschlagend. Insgesamt in guter Erhaltung.

Period

19th century

Technique

Works on paper

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