Bernhard Rode - Charon Inviting Two Women to Step into his Boat - image-1

Lot 2086 Dα

Bernhard Rode - Charon Inviting Two Women to Step into his Boat

Auction 1175 - overview Cologne
05.06.2021, 11:00 - Paintings and Drawings 15th to 19th C.
Estimate: 5.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 4.688 € (incl. premium)

Bernhard Rode

Charon Inviting Two Women to Step into his Boat

Oil on canvas (relined). 60 x 49 cm.

This composition can be related to a chalk drawing of the same subject by Rode housed in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no. 4513, cf. fig. 1). There is a counterpart to this drawing that shows Charon, who in ancient mythology served as ferryman over the river of death, with two men.

Ill. 1: Bernhard Rode, Charon fordert zwei Frauen auf, in seinen Kahn zu steigen / XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX © Albertina, Vienna.

Provenance

North German private collection