Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Copy
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(1793-1865) Copy of A beggar boy on the Hohe Brücke (High Bridge), contemporary copy of the eponymous painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, oil on panel, 42 x 34 cm, framed, (W)
Compare: Rupert Feuchtmüller, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Leben, Schriften, Werke, Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Vienna-Munich 1996, CR 298 and 299. Rupert Feuchtmüller writes about Waldmüller’s original painting: “Here Waldmüller’s goal was to stimulate the viewer’s sympathy, and he does so with extreme intensity. The boy, standing in the snow with thin shoes, turns to the viewer, with a begging gesture. Although he is in the sun, his rugged coat flutters full of holes in the wind. His mother holds his little sister - who also looks at the viewer - wrapped tightly in her shawl, leaning against the stone balustrade that serves as a shelter. This family obviously once lived in better conditions. But what is the aim of this delicate, good-looking boy’s appeal in the comfortable rooms of an art exhibition or of a Biedermeier home? This sympathy in connection with the aesthetic perception of a picture addresses sentimental emotions without aiming to provoke the viewer.”
Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf
Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
11.03.2014 - 16:00
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Copy
(1793-1865) Copy of A beggar boy on the Hohe Brücke (High Bridge), contemporary copy of the eponymous painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, oil on panel, 42 x 34 cm, framed, (W)
Compare: Rupert Feuchtmüller, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Leben, Schriften, Werke, Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Vienna-Munich 1996, CR 298 and 299. Rupert Feuchtmüller writes about Waldmüller’s original painting: “Here Waldmüller’s goal was to stimulate the viewer’s sympathy, and he does so with extreme intensity. The boy, standing in the snow with thin shoes, turns to the viewer, with a begging gesture. Although he is in the sun, his rugged coat flutters full of holes in the wind. His mother holds his little sister - who also looks at the viewer - wrapped tightly in her shawl, leaning against the stone balustrade that serves as a shelter. This family obviously once lived in better conditions. But what is the aim of this delicate, good-looking boy’s appeal in the comfortable rooms of an art exhibition or of a Biedermeier home? This sympathy in connection with the aesthetic perception of a picture addresses sentimental emotions without aiming to provoke the viewer.”
Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf
Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | 19th Century Paintings and Watercolours |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 11.03.2014 - 16:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 04.03. - 11.03.2014 |