A nude in profile to the right, his right arm raised

Details

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872)
A nude in profile to the right, his right arm raised
signed 'IS'
pen and brown ink, watermark Fortuna
16¼ x 11¼ in. (414 x 284 mm.)

Provenance

The artist's studio, by descent to
Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, the artist's grandson and director of the Schlossmuseum, Berlin, by whom placed for safekeeping on deposit at
The Nationalgalerie, Berlin, removed to the U.S.S.R. in 1945; returned in 1958 to
The Nationalgalerie, Berlin, their stamp (not in Lugt), by whom transferred to the
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, until 2000, (with the Berlin release stamp 'Frei gegeben, SMPK', not in Lugt), and returned to
The descendants of the artist.

Lot Essay

Dr. Stephan Seeliger dates the sheet to circa 1820. The figure is closely comparable in handling to a Seated nude turning to the right, seen from behind in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (inv. no. SZ75), which the artist dated by the artist 7 December 1821. A similar sheet of a A seated nude turned to the left, dated 17 November 1821, is in the Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, M. Bernhard and P. Kipphoff, Deutsche Romantik Handzeichnungen, Munich, 1974, II, p. 1727, illustrated.

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