Johann Evangelist Hölzl (1716-1765)

Portrait of a young nobleman, probably a member of the Stein zu Rechtenstein family, standing half length by a table, wearing a gold embroidered grey waistcoat with lace chemise, red wrap and wig, his hand resting on books on a table beside him

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Johann Evangelist Hölzl (1716-1765)
Portrait of a young nobleman, probably a member of the Stein zu Rechtenstein family, standing half length by a table, wearing a gold embroidered grey waistcoat with lace chemise, red wrap and wig, his hand resting on books on a table beside him
signed and dated Ivan Evan. Hölzl/Pictor Ingolstady/Pincit anno 1758. on a label on the stretcher and inscribed Institum/one/Iuris and CORPUS/JURIS on the books
oil on canvas
81.5 x 68.4 cm
and a Portrait of a nobleman, standing half length, wearing the Teutonic order, by an unknown German 18th Century hand; and a Portrait of a nobleman, standing half length, in the style of Anton Raphael Mengs; and a Portrait of a nobleman, standing half length, wearing the badge of the order of Saint Andreas of Russia (?), in the style of Martin von Mijtens (4)

拍品专文

As pointed out by P. Laurentius Koch, "Die Brüder Hölzl, Maler aus Dietramszell", in Beitrage zur Heimatforschung, 1991, p.95), the artist was the most successful portrait painter in Ingolstadt in the 18th century. See for his artistic output E. Braun, who wrote the catalogue to the exhibition on Hölzl's work in 1985 in the Diözesanmuseum, Eichstätt. Ingolstadt housed the university of Bavaria, which later moved to Landshut and subsequently to Munich. Hölzl's style reflects the influence of Anton Raphael Mengs.

See colour illustration of the first