Vincent Lerche, called Stoltenberg-Lerche - Monks Feeding the Hungry - image-1

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Vincent Lerche, called Stoltenberg-Lerche - Monks Feeding the Hungry

Auction 1055 - overview Cologne
23.09.2015, 14:30 - Paintings and Drawings 15th-19th C.
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.340 € (incl. premium)

Vincent Lerche, called Stoltenberg-Lerche

Monks Feeding the Hungry

Oil on canvas. 52.5 x 79 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Vinc. St. Lerche 78.

With red artist's stamp to the reverse of the canvas: "Vinc. St. Lerche / Düsseldorf".
The Norwegian artist Vincent Lerche moved to Düsseldorf in 1856 where he studied at the Academy under artists such as Wilhelm Schadow. His genre paintings often show scenes from monastic life and are characterised by a detailed but atmospheric depiction of architecture.

Literature

Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1891-1901, Reprint 1941, vol. 1,2, p. 841, no. 17.

Exhibitions

Kunstausstellung Hannover 1882.