Lot 2111 D α

Philipp Friedrich Hetsch - Hercules at the Crossroads between Virtue and Vice

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
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Philipp Friedrich Hetsch

Hercules at the Crossroads between Virtue and Vice

Oil on canvas. 46 x 37.5 cm.

Carl Friedrich Hetsch was one of the most interesting artistic personalities in Stuttgart around 1800. Close friends with the sculptor Danneker and with Schiller, he was also one of the most sought-after painters at the Württemberg court. After stays in Paris, where he had been a pupil of Joseph-Marie Vien and Joseph Vernet, and a trip to Rome, he gained the reputation of being one of the most important painters of German Classicism.

Provenance

Lempertz Cologne, 19.05.2001, lot 1535. - Private collection, Hesse.