Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Johann Nikolaus Grooth
Young girl holding a flower
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January 30, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Johann Nikolaus Grooth
Stuttgart 1721 - 1797 Memmingen
Young girl holding a flower
signed and dated lower left: J.N. Grooth/1767 pinxit
inscribed on reverse, lower right: hier Monogram/[F?].N. Grooth/1767 pinxit
oil on canvas, unlined
canvas: 16 1/2 by 12 in.; 41.9 by 30.5 cm.
framed: 18 3/4 by 13 3/4 in.; 47.6 by 34.9 cm.
Please note this painting is signed and dated on the recto and inscribed and dated on the verso.
Johann Nikolaus Grooth was the son of Johann Cristoph Grooth, court painter and composer at Württemberg, and brother of painter Johann Friedrich Grooth. The brothers trained with their father and studied the collection in the electoral gallery in Ludwigsburg. Johann Nikolaus worked as a restorer before his career as a portraitist in Switzerland, where he moved in 1759 and where he likely painted this young girl.