Franz Martin Kuen - Pfarrer Joseph Zwick als Fürbitter seiner Gemeinde
auction 406, Lot 513
AUTUMNAUCTION ON 29 AND 30 MARCH
on 28 September 2022
Franz Martin Kuen
Pfarrer Joseph Zwick als Fürbitter seiner Gemeinde
Differenzbesteuerung
Franz Martin Kuen
1719 Weißenhorn - 1771 ibid.
Pastor Joseph Zwick as intercessor for his congregation
Sketch (?) for the choir fresco of St. Ulrich in Eresing. Signed "Kuen del." lower left. Watercolour over traces of graphite on handmade paper. 28.2 x 32 cm (curved border). Square grid in graphite. Various backings verso, paper loss upper right. Creases. Colour defects.
Watermark: "Honig" and "Pro patr[...]" above an unidentifiable motif.
Cf. Hoffmann, Ulrich / Kunsze, Matthias (editors), Franz Martin Kuen 1719-1771. Ein Maler zwischen schwäbischer Frömmigkeit und venezianischer Pracht. Weißenhorn 2020, page 233, catalogue raisonné number 12 and page 1142, illustration 187.
Provenance: from the estate of the Stuttgart art dealer and collector Wolfgang Trauwitz (1927-1970).
