Found-Object Report | Object report

Leipzig

Lost Art-ID

596031

Artist

Bruder, Johann Friedrich Franz

Birth

1782, Dresden

Death

1838.05.19, Dresden

Place of activity

Dresden; Warschau

Title

Leipzig

Datierung

1820 (um)

Object type

Watercolour

Group of reported objects

Graphic

Material / Technique

Printing ink : Watercolour: Paper / watercoloured etching

Height

30.70 cm

Width

38.70 cm

Inventory number

187b

Description

View of the town from the northwest, with harvesters and Gerhard's garden in the foreground; inscribed lower right (print): Bruder del. et sculpsit; inscribed lower centre (print): Leipzig.; inscribed lower centre (print): Leipzig.; reverse: inscribed centre (pencil): 8457 / TC; inscribed lower right (pencil): C.te / Rp. 61.41. / 1876

Provenance

c. 1820 - without date, Johann Friedrich Franz Bruder (* Dresden, 1782 - 19.05.1838, Dresden); [...]; without date - 20.08.1930, Carl Sonntag (* Leipzig, 21.07.1883 - 20.08.1930, Berlin), Leipzig/Berlin; 20.08.1930 - 10.04.1941, Laura Sonntag (née Kern, *Chicago 22.10. 1893 - 11/1979, New York), wife of Carl Sonntag, acquired in inheritance from her husband, Leipzig/New York; earliest 10.04.1941 - 18.08.1941, German Reich and auction house Hans Klemm, Leipzig; since 19.08.1941, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, purchased in the auction of the auction house Hans Klemm

Status

amicable settlement

Published since

04.06.2021