Christoph Schwarz - Portraits of a gentleman and a lady
auction 933, Lot 54
FAUSSNER COLLECTION
on 8 May 2024
Christoph Schwarz
um 1545 München - 1592 ebenda
Portraits of a gentleman and a lady
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Christoph Schwarz
um 1545 München - 1592 ebenda
Portraits of a gentleman and a lady
Oil auf canvas. 47 x 37.3 / 47 x 37.5 cm. Relined. Restored. Minor damage to frames (61 x 51.5 cm each).
Fragment of an adhesive label with an illegible inscription on the gentlemans portrait verso. Brass labels from the 20th century on the frame verso. Inscribed "Selbstbildnis" and "Bildnis seiner Frau".
Literature: Diefenthaler, Sandra-Kristin, Christoph Schwarz. Hofkünstler der Wittelsbacher im Konfessionellen Zeitalter. Berlin-Munich 2020 (also dissertation phil. University of Augsburg 2016), page 239 f., catalogue raisonné number G I, 10a and 10b (with illustration). There suggested dating circa 1578.
provenance: collection of Hans Constantin Faußner, Munich.
