Anton Graff - Elisa von der Recke in Profile - image-1

Lot 1182 Dα

Anton Graff - Elisa von der Recke in Profile

Auction 1087 - overview Cologne
20.05.2017, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 4.216 € (incl. premium)

Anton Graff

Elisa von der Recke in Profile

Black and white chalk on tinted paper. 40.2 x 29.5 cm.
Dated 1808.

Elisa von der Recke (1754-1833) was a Baltic-German poet, author, and hymn writer. Her educational pamphlet on Alessandro Cagliostro (1787) is considered her most significant work. She travelled Europe throughout her lifetime, making the acquaintance of numerous important literary and artistic figures. She was a personal friend of the painter Anton Graff, who portrayed her several times. One of these portraits from 1797 is housed in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Provenance

Private ownership, North Germany.

Literature

E. Berckenhagen: Anton Graff - leben und Werk, 1967, no. 1133.