Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler (1802-1848)

The Artist's Travelling Sketchbook of 257 Drawings on 250 sheets depicting mostly Castles in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy including views of St. Dezier, Guise, Wartenfels, Estaples, Soissons, Lesigné, Vilshoven, Drachenfels, Weinsberg, Greiffenstein, Baaden, Waldsee on the Danube, Wildenfels near Hypoltstein, Falkenstein, Blauenstein, Württemberg, Wildshut, Aigen near Salzburg, Windeck, Rüdensheim, Heckersdorf, the Klausen Pass, Wisberg, Herrmanstein, Grandsohn, Falckenstein in the Harz, Dürenstein on the Danube, Blauenstein, Neckarsteinach, Heckersdorf, Rosenau, Starkenburg, Fridburg, Venice, Falaize, Ulm, Sicily, the Monastery Melk on the Danube, Schönbühl and a Capriccio View of Rio de Janeiro, and some drawings of mostly armoured figures

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Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler (1802-1848)
The Artist's Travelling Sketchbook of 257 Drawings on 250 sheets depicting mostly Castles in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy including views of St. Dezier, Guise, Wartenfels, Estaples, Soissons, Lesigné, Vilshoven, Drachenfels, Weinsberg, Greiffenstein, Baaden, Waldsee on the Danube, Wildenfels near Hypoltstein, Falkenstein, Blauenstein, Württemberg, Wildshut, Aigen near Salzburg, Windeck, Rüdensheim, Heckersdorf, the Klausen Pass, Wisberg, Herrmanstein, Grandsohn, Falckenstein in the Harz, Dürenstein on the Danube, Blauenstein, Neckarsteinach, Heckersdorf, Rosenau, Starkenburg, Fridburg, Venice, Falaize, Ulm, Sicily, the Monastery Melk on the Danube, Schönbühl and a Capriccio View of Rio de Janeiro, and some drawings of mostly armoured figures
signed and dated 'Zeichnungen von Ludwig Schwanthaler 1817.' and inscribed '1815 fur-' prior to 1817 (1), signed with monogram (2,3) and dated 1817 (2), 1815 (3), inscribed
pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolour, watermark cut shield, initial H, one on calque paper, in contemporary boards, with a stitched binding, the spine labelled indistinctly
averaging 175 x 211 mm., and a woodcut of a shield by a 16th Century German artist

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Lot Essay

Schwanthaler was born and died in Munich, where he was court sculptor to Ludwig I of Bavaria. He came from a family of sculptors extending in an unbroken line of 21 sculptors over seven generations, and was trained by his father, Franz Jacob Schwanthaler (1760-1820). It would appear that the album could have been assembled from several other albums, and also includes some drawings by other hands.

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