Michael von Munkacsy
(Munkacs 1844-1900 Enderich/ Bonn) An executioner with a ladder, a deatil study for the painting "Golgotha" (1883-84), signed Munkácsy Paris, pencil on paper, 22,7 x 16,7 cm, browned, damaged (tears), mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria.
The present drawing is a detail study for the executioner in the painting „Golgatha“ (Oil on canvas, 460 x 712 cm) by Munkacsy of 1883/84 in the Pákh collection, USA. The same collection also preserves an oil sketch for the same figure (oil on canvas, 85 x 63,5 cm). However, the indication of space in the background and the figures behind the ladder, which also appear in the painting, are missing in the study in the United States.
Literature: For an illsutration of the painting and other studies see: Matyas Szemenkar (Ed.), Munkacsy, Budapest 2005, Cat.15, Cat. 158, Figs. 208-209, p. 215.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
30.09.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,000.-
Michael von Munkacsy
(Munkacs 1844-1900 Enderich/ Bonn) An executioner with a ladder, a deatil study for the painting "Golgotha" (1883-84), signed Munkácsy Paris, pencil on paper, 22,7 x 16,7 cm, browned, damaged (tears), mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria.
The present drawing is a detail study for the executioner in the painting „Golgatha“ (Oil on canvas, 460 x 712 cm) by Munkacsy of 1883/84 in the Pákh collection, USA. The same collection also preserves an oil sketch for the same figure (oil on canvas, 85 x 63,5 cm). However, the indication of space in the background and the figures behind the ladder, which also appear in the painting, are missing in the study in the United States.
Literature: For an illsutration of the painting and other studies see: Matyas Szemenkar (Ed.), Munkacsy, Budapest 2005, Cat.15, Cat. 158, Figs. 208-209, p. 215.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 30.09.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 23.09. - 30.09.2015 |
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