Friedrich von Amerling Austrian, 1803-1887

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Description

Friedrich von Amerling
Bildnis des schauspielers Bogumil Dawison als Richard III (Portrait of the actor Bogumil Dawison as Richard III)
indistinctly inscribed l.l.
oil on canvas
61 by 50cm., 24 by 19¾in.

Provenance

Sammlung Klinkosch, Vienna
Sale: Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 September 1965, lot 2
Purchased at above sale

Exhibited

Vienna, Österreichische Galerie, 11. Ausstellung im Oberen Belvedere - Amerling, 1928, no. 41
Vienna, Künstlerhaus, 1941

Literature

Günther Probszt, Friedrich von Amerling. Der Altmeister der Wiener Porträtmalerei, Vienna, 1927, no. 839, fig. 85

Condition

The painting has an old relining. The surface is in good condition. Ultraviolet light reveals a few old strokes of inpainting in the background. The face is in fine condition. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

German actor Bogumil Dawison (1818-1872) was a member of the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1849 to 1854. In 1864 he was given a life engagement, but resigned his appointment, and after starring throughout Germany visited the United States in 1866. Dawison was considered a key member of the acting avant-garde; a leading critic wrote that he and Marie Seebach "swept like fresh gales over dusty tradition, and brushing aside the monotony of declamation gave to their rôles more character and vivacity than had hitherto been known on the German stage." His chief parts were Mephistopheles, Franz Moor, Mark Antony, Hamlet, Charles V, Richard III and King Lear.