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Attributed to Georg Wilhelm Neunhertz Breslau 1689 - 1749 Prague
Description
- Georg Wilhelm Neunhertz
- recto and verso: saint michael the archangel slaying satan
pen and brown ink and point of the brush and grey wash over black chalk (recto), point of the brush and grey wash, heightened with white, over black chalk (verso)
Provenance
Rudolf Peltzer (L.2231);
Dr. Arthur Feldmann, Brno;
confiscated by the Gestapo during the Nazi occupation of Moravia, and subsequently on deposit at the Moravske zemske museum, Brno (with their stamp, not in Lugt, and inventory number 3198), and after 1961 at the Moravská galerie, Brno;
restituted to the heirs of Arthur Feldmann in 2003;
sold by them, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 2005, lot 53 (as Michael Willmann)
Catalogue Note
The compositional approach and the bold and energetic brushwork seen in this impressive example of German Baroque drawing are very reminiscent of the works of Michael Willmann, to whom it was formerly attributed. A recent exhibition in Salzburg and elsewhere, and the researches of Dr. Andrzej Koziel, have, however, brought into clearer focus the styles of Willmann and of the other artists working in his immediate surroundings, and it seems more likely that this drawing is in fact by Willmann's master pupil, Georg Wilhelm Neunhertz (see Michael Willmann und sein Kreis - Zeichnungen, exhibition catalogue, Salzburger Barockmuseum et al, 2001-2).