Eduard Hildebrandt - Baltimore - image-1

Lot 1620 Dα

Eduard Hildebrandt - Baltimore

Auction 1067 - overview Cologne
21.05.2016, 14:30 - 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)

Eduard Hildebrandt

Baltimore

Watercolour. 25.9 x 18.5 cm.
Inscribed lower left: Baltimore. Inscribed to the reverse: Hildebrandt..

At the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt, King William IV arranged for Eduard Hildebrandt to travel to the United States from 1844-45. He made around 200 watercolour studies whilst he was there, including this sketch of Baltimore. The majority of the American watercolours are now kept in the "Graphische Sammlung" of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.