Lot No. 604


Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, called “Leipziger Tischbein”


Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, called “Leipziger Tischbein” - Old Master Paintings

(Maastricht 1750–1812 Heidelberg)
signed and dated at lower left: JF Tischbein/p. 1798,
oil on canvas, 62,5,x 53,5 cm, framed

The woman portrayed here is not the Princess Amalie of Anhalt-Dressau, but rather Mrs Loder (née Richter, dates unknown), the wife of the renowned physician Justus Christian (von) Loder. Loder worked in Russia from 1807 as the personal physician of Tsar Alexander I. Tischbein also painted Mr. Loder’s portrait in 1798 (now in the Museum Georg Schäfer in Schweinfurt). 
We are grateful to Dr Martin Franke for his identification of the woman depicted in the portrait.

Provenance:
Collection of the Dukes of Anhalt;
sale, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 28 March 1962, lot 434;
sale, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 19 September 1963, lot 323;
Schaeffer Galleries, New York (1965);
sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 15 December 2010, lot 667

Literature: J. v. Schmidt, Gemälde Alter Meister in Petersburger Privatbesitz, in: Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft II, 1909, p. 193, fig. 21.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

old.masters@dorotheum.com

09.04.2014 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 17,380.-
Estimate:
EUR 14,000.- to EUR 18,000.-

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, called “Leipziger Tischbein”


(Maastricht 1750–1812 Heidelberg)
signed and dated at lower left: JF Tischbein/p. 1798,
oil on canvas, 62,5,x 53,5 cm, framed

The woman portrayed here is not the Princess Amalie of Anhalt-Dressau, but rather Mrs Loder (née Richter, dates unknown), the wife of the renowned physician Justus Christian (von) Loder. Loder worked in Russia from 1807 as the personal physician of Tsar Alexander I. Tischbein also painted Mr. Loder’s portrait in 1798 (now in the Museum Georg Schäfer in Schweinfurt). 
We are grateful to Dr Martin Franke for his identification of the woman depicted in the portrait.

Provenance:
Collection of the Dukes of Anhalt;
sale, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 28 March 1962, lot 434;
sale, Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 19 September 1963, lot 323;
Schaeffer Galleries, New York (1965);
sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 15 December 2010, lot 667

Literature: J. v. Schmidt, Gemälde Alter Meister in Petersburger Privatbesitz, in: Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft II, 1909, p. 193, fig. 21.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 09.04.2014 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 29.03. - 09.04.2014


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