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Bismarck
Lost Art-ID
569202
Artist
Lenbach, Franz von
Birth
1836.12.13, Schrobenhausen
Death
1904.05.06, München
Title
Bismarck
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : wood / painted
Height
58.00 cm
Width
49.00 cm
Inventory number
45 (Bertrab)
Description
Half-length portrait without hands, half to the left. The prince carried Koller with the General Septimius, Order and Grand Cross, from his left shoulder to his right hip. Cuirassier helmet on the head. The picture is oval, surrounded by a painted frame with mediallon below, on which is written: Otto von Bismarck. Light from the front left. The background is blondish brownish, slightly interspersed with rosy and gray tones on the face. Yellow helmet with shining stars, yellow order ribbon. Figure in half life size. Signed right below: F. Lenbach.
source: Carl von Bertrab (Bearb.): Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde in der Sammlung Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Frankfurt a.M. 1912.
source: Carl von Bertrab (Bearb.): Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde in der Sammlung Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Frankfurt a.M. 1912.
Provenance
purchased in München; collection Rudolf von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt a.M./Königstein i.T. 1911 - 1912 - [...], confiscation by national socialists can not be excluded
whereabouts unknown;
whereabouts unknown;
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