Friedrich Heinrich Füger
(Heilbronn 1751–1818 Vienna) Standing male nude, presumably a study for the painting „John the Baptist preaching in the desert” (Vienna, Austrian Galerie, Inv. 3263), c. 1803, black chalk, brown wash, on laid paper, 70 x 46 cm, browned, central crease, slightly wrinkled, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Literature: The painting is illustrated in: Robert Keil, Friedrich Heinrich Füger /1715–1815): Nur wenigen ist es vergönnt das Licht der Wahrheit zu sehen, Vienna 2009, WV 508. A further design for the altar painting is preserved in the Albertina (Inv. 14655), a somewhat sketchy study in the Vienna Museum (Inv. 63862), (comp. Keil 2009, WV 509, 510).
We are grateful to Dr. Robert Keil for the confirmation of the attribution to Friedrich Heinrich Füger.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
08.11.2012 - 16:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 800.- to EUR 1,200.-
Friedrich Heinrich Füger
(Heilbronn 1751–1818 Vienna) Standing male nude, presumably a study for the painting „John the Baptist preaching in the desert” (Vienna, Austrian Galerie, Inv. 3263), c. 1803, black chalk, brown wash, on laid paper, 70 x 46 cm, browned, central crease, slightly wrinkled, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Literature: The painting is illustrated in: Robert Keil, Friedrich Heinrich Füger /1715–1815): Nur wenigen ist es vergönnt das Licht der Wahrheit zu sehen, Vienna 2009, WV 508. A further design for the altar painting is preserved in the Albertina (Inv. 14655), a somewhat sketchy study in the Vienna Museum (Inv. 63862), (comp. Keil 2009, WV 509, 510).
We are grateful to Dr. Robert Keil for the confirmation of the attribution to Friedrich Heinrich Füger.
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: | 08.11.2012 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 02.11. - 08.11.2012 |
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