Details
South German School, circa 1610
Portrait of Judge Elias Indelius, kneeling three-quarter length, with his wife, née Engel Tanke, and their three children, the Baptism of Christ in a mountainous river landscape beyond
signed with monogram
on panel
42½ x 34in. (108 x 86.4cm.)
Portrait of Judge Elias Indelius, kneeling three-quarter length, with his wife, née Engel Tanke, and their three children, the Baptism of Christ in a mountainous river landscape beyond
signed with monogram
on panel
42½ x 34in. (108 x 86.4cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Judge Elias Indelius (d. 7 Feb. 1632) on the death of his wife (31 Jan. 1616), née Engel Tanke (daughter of State Secretary Marcus Tanke, and widow of Rassmann Nicholas Karow).
In the church of Saint Maria, Wismar, from where lost during the decoration of the Church for the Reformation festivities of 1817.
with J.D. Meese, Wismar.
Judge Dr. Dittmer, Rossock.
Dr. Grull, until 1877 (all of the above according to a label on the reverse).
In the church of Saint Maria, Wismar, from where lost during the decoration of the Church for the Reformation festivities of 1817.
with J.D. Meese, Wismar.
Judge Dr. Dittmer, Rossock.
Dr. Grull, until 1877 (all of the above according to a label on the reverse).
Literature
M. Schroder, Wismar, pp. 589-90 (according to a label on the reverse).