Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
George Nikolaus Ritter
A gentleman standing beside his horse
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July 8, 12:54 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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George Nikolaus Ritter
Heilbronn 1748 - 1809 Amsterdam
A gentleman standing beside his horse
Black chalk within black chalk framing lines;
numbered in black chalk, lower centre: No4 and bears old attribution in pen and brown ink on the old backing sheet (now separated from the drawing, but retained): N. Ritter
unframed: 347 by 261 mm
framed: 560 by 480 mm
George Nikolaus Ritter was a German born painter who worked primarily in the Netherlands. His artistic output included portraiture, still life and hunting scenes; a self-portrait, of circa 1800-1805, is housed in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow (inv. no. 1229).
The present drawing was, until recently, together with a drawing by Ritter of A Sailor raising a Sail, executed in black chalk and fully signed by the artist.