Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld - The Raising of the Son of the Widow of Sidon - image-1

Lot 2229 Dα

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld - The Raising of the Son of the Widow of Sidon

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 14:00 - 19th Century
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.536 € (incl. premium)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

The Raising of the Son of the Widow of Sidon

Pen in black and pencil on tracing paper and mounted on other paper. 22.7 x 29.7 cm.
Framed under glass.
Monogrammed and dated lower centre: 18JS61 (ligated).

This picture illustrates a scene from the Old Testament, Book of Kings !, chapter 17, verse 21ff. Schnorr had already developed this theme for sheet 115 of his "Bible in Pictures" published between 1852 and 1860. The present study was created afterwards and thus demonstrates Schnorr's abiding interest in biblical motifs.

Provenance

From the estate of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. - Prof. Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Berlin (1877-1945), then in family possession. - Galerie Bassenge, auction 109, May 2017, lot 6646. - Private collection, Rhineland.