Hanno Rhomberg - Der uneigennützige Schulmeister
auction 402, Lot 497
AUTUMN AUCTION
on 22 September 2021
Hanno Rhomberg
Der uneigennützige Schulmeister
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Hanno Rhomberg
1820 Munich - 1869 Walchsee / Tyrol
The selfless schoolmaster
Signed lower right. Oil on canvas. 93.5 x 82.5 cm. Relined. Restored. Framed.
Literature: Deutsches Kunstblatt number 8, 21 February 1856, page 72: there mentioned as a purchase by the Munich Art Association. - Cf. Boetticher, Friedrich von, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Volume II, 1. Leipzig 1941 (reprint), page 400, number 2: lithograph by C. Feederle after Rhombergs subject for the King Ludwig album (1859).
We thank Dr. Bettina Keller, Institute for Art History at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg, for her kind support during cataloguing and providing essential information on the classification of "Der uneigennützige Schulmeister" in the context of time. Dr. Keller has headed the research project "König-Ludwig-Album. Herrscherlob von Künstlerhand - Die Reproduktion des König-Ludwig-Albums im Bestand der Graphischen Sammlung der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg" since 2011.