Ludwig Richter - The Ox Cart - image-1

Lot 1308 Dα

Ludwig Richter - The Ox Cart

Auction 1108 - overview Cologne
16.05.2018, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 10.000 € - 14.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)

Ludwig Richter

The Ox Cart

Watercolour on paper. 16 x 23 cm.
Framed.
Signed and dated lower left: L. Richter 1836.

This watercolour and two variations formed studies for a painting made in 1836, the whereabouts of which are now unknown, which was commissioned by the Dresden engraver Ludwig Gruner (cf. M. Bernhard: Deutsche Romantik, Berlin 1975, p. 1380 and exhib. cat.: "Ludwig Richter und sein Kreis", Dresden 1984, no. 235). All three watercolours are based on a plein air study from Richter's Roman period showing the Torre del Quinto in the Campagna. Proceeds from the sale of this work will go to benefit the Cardinal Meisner Foundation, Cologne.

Provenance

Lempertz 12.12.1991, lot 459. - Cardinal Dr. Joachim Meisner, to benefit the Kardinal-Meisner-Stiftung.