Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser-Schmidt, attributed to - Study of Ceres and Neptune (possibly as Allegories of Earth and Water) - image-1

Lot 95 Dα

Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser-Schmidt, attributed to - Study of Ceres and Neptune (possibly as Allegories of Earth and Water)

Auction 1138 - overview Cologne
20.09.2019, 14:30 - Paintings 15th-19th C.
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
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Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser-Schmidt, attributed to

Study of Ceres and Neptune (possibly as Allegories of Earth and Water)

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. 19 x 35 cm.

A figure similar to this Neptune can be found in other paintings by Kremser-Schmitt, compare, for instance the painting "Das Fass der Danaiden" (Strahl Collection, Ljubljana) or "The Judgement of Paris" (Sotheby's Amsterdam, 8.2.1988, lot 7). Cf. Rupert Feuchtmüller: Der Kremser Schmidt 1718-1801, Innsbruck and Vienna 1989, ill. p. 310 and 318.