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Adolph von Menzel

Korbtragendes Mädchen (Sophie Koch)
1847/1848

Pencil on paper

25 × 12.8 cm / 9 13/16 × 5 1/16 in

Signed with the initials

Figure study for the »Kasseler Karton« (destroyed in 1945 during the war). The history painting shows the entry of Sophie of Brabant with her son, the later Landgrave Henry, into Marburg in 1247

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Expertise

We thank Dr Claude Keisch for his scientific advice and for confirming the authenticity by means of a photographic image

Provenance

Corporate Collection Germany; Kunstauktionen Hassfurther, Vienna (Auction, 1976, Lot 2787); Private Collection Schleswig-Holstein; Private Collection Lower Saxony; (-2023)

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, "Neuerwerbungen Frühjahr 2024", Düsseldorf 2023
Hamburger Kunsthalle, "Menzel. Der Beobachter", Hamburg 1982

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Neuerwerbungen Frühjahr 2024", Düsseldorf 2024, S. 124
Cornelia Dörr, "Adolf Menzel in Hessen", Diss., Marburg, 1997, Nr. 47, Abb. 55
Werner Hofmann (Hg.), "Menzel. Der Beobachter", Ausst.-Kat. Hamburger Kunsthalle, München 1982, Nr. 29