Johann Conrad Seekatz - The Crucifixion of Peter
auction 411, Lot 625
DECEMBER AUCTION
on 6 December 2023 to 7 December 2023
Johann Conrad Seekatz
1719 Grünstadt - 1768 Darmstadt
The Crucifixion of Peter
Differenzbesteuerung
Johann Conrad Seekatz
1719 Grünstadt - 1768 Darmstadt
The Crucifixion of Peter
Inscribed "Valentin [...] in Frankfurt [...]", collection seal and various remnants of labels verso. Oil auf panel. 22 x 17 cm. Damaged. Restored. Minor damage to frame (32.5 x 27 cm).
Literature: Emmerling, Ernst, Johann Conrad Seekatz 1719-1768. Ein Maler aus der Zeit des jungen Goethe. Leben und Werk (revised by Brigitte Rechberg and Horst Wilhelm). Landau 1991, page 74, catalogue raisonné 081: there with a wrong indication of canvas as support material. - Cf. ibid., page 181, catalogue raisonné number 435 (with illustration on page 193): study of the present painting owned by the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
provenance: Neumeister, Munich, Auction 364, 2 July 2014, catalogue number 514: There with a reference to a correspondence in which Dr. Gode Krämer, Augsburg confirms that the present painting is the own work.
