Head of a Child
Anselm Feuerbach Speyer 1829 - Venedig 1880
Lot-No. 194
Pencil drawing, 16,5 x 15 cm, monogr. lo. le. AF, lo. ri. fragment of a stamp, small tear. - One of the most important German history painters a. draughtsmen of the 19th c., nephew of the philosopher Ludwig F., because of his extraordinary talent he was admitted to the Düsseldorf academy as early as 1845 without graduation where he studied among others under G. von Schadow a. W. Schirmer, he continued his studies in Munich, Antwerp a. Paris, on a trip to Italy he found his monumental style in dull colours, after having reclined severals offers he accepted a professorship in Vienna in 1873, during most of his life he commuted between his studios in Germany a. Italy. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat-Gal.), Karlsruhe, München, Hannover u.a. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Anselm Feuerbach: Head of a Child
Anselm Feuerbach Speyer 1829 - Venedig 1880
Head of a Child
Lot-No. 194
Pencil drawing, 16,5 x 15 cm, monogr. lo. le. AF, lo. ri. fragment of a stamp, small tear. - One of the most important German history painters a. draughtsmen of the 19th c., nephew of the philosopher Ludwig F., because of his extraordinary talent he was admitted to the Düsseldorf academy as early as 1845 without graduation where he studied among others under G. von Schadow a. W. Schirmer, he continued his studies in Munich, Antwerp a. Paris, on a trip to Italy he found his monumental style in dull colours, after having reclined severals offers he accepted a professorship in Vienna in 1873, during most of his life he commuted between his studios in Germany a. Italy. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat-Gal.), Karlsruhe, München, Hannover u.a. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.