Hans Thoma - Saint Christopher
auction 412, Lot 264
MARCH-AUCTION
on 20 March 2024
Hans Thoma
1839 Bernau/Schwarzwald - 1924 Karlsruhe
Saint Christopher
Differenzbesteuerung
Hans Thoma
1839 Bernau/Schwarzwald - 1924 Karlsruhe
Saint Christopher
Monogrammed HTh and dated (18)89 lower right. Remnants of a label "Kunst-Ausstellung zu Dresden 1889" verso. Oil auf cardboard. 75.5 x 62.5 cm. Minor damage. Minor damage to frame (96.5 x 84.5 cm).
Literature: Thode, Henry, Thoma. Des Meisters Gemälde. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1909, page 295 (canvas there stated as support). - Boetticher, Friedrich von, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, volume II, 2. Leipzig (reprint) 1941, page 885, number 42. - Gurlitt, Cornelius, Hans Thoma, in: Die Kunst unserer Zeit, issue 2, 1891, pages 55-66 (illustration of the present painting on page 65).
provenance: Collection of Haushofer. - Weinmüller, Munich, Auction 96, 29 September - 1 October 1965 , catalogue number 1553. - Private collection, South Germany.
