Carl Friedrich Lessing - Konrad Lessing, the Artist's Son, at Age Nine - image-1

Lot 2627 Dα

Carl Friedrich Lessing - Konrad Lessing, the Artist's Son, at Age Nine

Auction 1197 - overview Cologne
21.05.2022, 16:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century Part II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

Carl Friedrich Lessing

Konrad Lessing, the Artist's Son, at Age Nine

Oil on canvas (relined). 61.5 x 53.5 cm.
Monogrammed and dated lower right: CFL/1861.

The proceeds from this lot and Lempertz´s commission will be donated to humanitarian aid in the Ukraine.

This intimate and portrait depicts Konrad Lessing, the artist's son, who was born in 1852. Bötticher mentions such a portrait of the son under no. 148.

Provenance

Auction Bassenge, Berlin, 5.12.2005, lot 5956. - DELI-Collection, Monaco.