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Lot 158: JOHANN FRIEDRICH GERHARD (Mittelfrancken? c.1695-1748 Copenhagen)

Est: $20,000 USD - $25,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 26, 2001

Item Overview

Description

Portrait of a man, half-length, in a grey jacket and a white cap, leaning on a ledge before a tree, a landscape beyond signed and dated 'JF Gerard. fec 1728.' (lower right, on the side of the ledge) oil on copper 97/8 x 9 in. (25.1 x 22.8 cm.) NOTES Though his works are rare today, J.F. Gerard (n‚e Gerhard) was well known as an allegorical and portrait painter in the aristocratic and royal courts of Germany and Denmark in the first half of the 18th century. Early in his career he changed his name, and signed thereafter as Gerard. His 1723 portrait of the Countess Christiane Charlotte, born Princess of Wurttemberg, is now in the Baronial Collection in Darmstadt, while his portraits on copper of the Emperor Karl VI and the Empress Elizabeth Christine are in the Museum in Breslau. On a portrait of 1735, Gerard signed himself as 'Chamber and Cabinet Painter' of the Bayreuth court. In 1742 Gerard went to Copenhagen as the Royal Cabinet painter for King Christian VI, where he was also Professor of Painting in the Danish Royal Academy. Here, in this charming picture, the pose of the young man, with his carefree cap, intimate informality and directness may indicate this is Gerard's self-portrait.

Auction Details

IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS

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Christie's
January 26, 2001, 12:00 AM EST

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