Darmstadt court painter about 1760
An elegant party in a park landscape,
monogrammed lower right: FR,
oil on canvas, 49 x 117.5 cm, framed
Different attributions to Johann Conrad Seekatz, Christian Georg Schütz the Elder, Johann Andreas Herrlein and Johann Christian Fiedler have already been suggested for this painting. There is no doubt as to its belonging to the immediate context of the so-called “Frankfurter Goethemaler” group and the highly developed Darmstadt court art of the mid-18th century. The attribution to Seekatz appears especially convincing.
The depiction of the elegant party in the right half of the picture is very similar to a comparable composition by Seekatz, the Elegant Party drinking coffee at the National gallery in Prague (inventory no. DO 5382, cf. E. Emmerling, Johann Conrad Seekatz, Landau 1991, p. 92, cat. no. 128). Seekatz varied the motif again in one of the overdoors for Braunshardt castle. The present painting is also an overdoor. It was without doubt intended for the decoration of a castle or mansion.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
09.04.2014 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
Darmstadt court painter about 1760
An elegant party in a park landscape,
monogrammed lower right: FR,
oil on canvas, 49 x 117.5 cm, framed
Different attributions to Johann Conrad Seekatz, Christian Georg Schütz the Elder, Johann Andreas Herrlein and Johann Christian Fiedler have already been suggested for this painting. There is no doubt as to its belonging to the immediate context of the so-called “Frankfurter Goethemaler” group and the highly developed Darmstadt court art of the mid-18th century. The attribution to Seekatz appears especially convincing.
The depiction of the elegant party in the right half of the picture is very similar to a comparable composition by Seekatz, the Elegant Party drinking coffee at the National gallery in Prague (inventory no. DO 5382, cf. E. Emmerling, Johann Conrad Seekatz, Landau 1991, p. 92, cat. no. 128). Seekatz varied the motif again in one of the overdoors for Braunshardt castle. The present painting is also an overdoor. It was without doubt intended for the decoration of a castle or mansion.
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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