Jakob Matthias Schmutzer Umkreis/Circle
(1733-1811)
Head study of a young woman in a hat and with a necklace looking down, red chalk on laid paper, 57,5 x 40,5 cm, "C. n. 3." in pen and brown ink at upper left corner, fixed to support, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Franz Xaver Pieler (Vienna 1876-1952 Klosterneuburg);
his heirs, Private collection, Austria.
The subject of the present drawing is comparable to two portrait studies in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Inv. HZ_12.162 and HZ_12.200); the two sheets may even show the same model. The kind of execution and the stroke of the chalk can be also found in secured Schmutzer drawings. In addition, the modelling with cross-hatching, the emphasized employment of the chalk in the hair and the concordance of the lock of hair falling over the shoulder onto the chest are comparable with known studies by the artist. The lack of a signature and the fact that such sheets were often copied by his pupils could indicate that the present drawing may only be a copy by a pupil or an artist from Schmutzer's circle.
We thank MMag. René Schober, Kupferstichkabinett, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, for his scientific support.
Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546
astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at
04.10.2023 - 15:23
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 1,500.-
Jakob Matthias Schmutzer Umkreis/Circle
(1733-1811)
Head study of a young woman in a hat and with a necklace looking down, red chalk on laid paper, 57,5 x 40,5 cm, "C. n. 3." in pen and brown ink at upper left corner, fixed to support, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collection Franz Xaver Pieler (Vienna 1876-1952 Klosterneuburg);
his heirs, Private collection, Austria.
The subject of the present drawing is comparable to two portrait studies in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Inv. HZ_12.162 and HZ_12.200); the two sheets may even show the same model. The kind of execution and the stroke of the chalk can be also found in secured Schmutzer drawings. In addition, the modelling with cross-hatching, the emphasized employment of the chalk in the hair and the concordance of the lock of hair falling over the shoulder onto the chest are comparable with known studies by the artist. The lack of a signature and the fact that such sheets were often copied by his pupils could indicate that the present drawing may only be a copy by a pupil or an artist from Schmutzer's circle.
We thank MMag. René Schober, Kupferstichkabinett, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, for his scientific support.
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 and Prints until 1900 |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 04.10.2023 - 15:23 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.09. - 04.10.2023 |