ID 1033662
Lot 149 | Johann Friedrich Voltz - Kühe am Waldrand, deutsch, datiert 1876
Estimate value
€ 4 500
J. Friedrich Voltz (1817 - 1886), einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Tier- und Landschaftsmaler seiner Zeit, legte seinen Schwerpunkt auf Kuhdarstellungen und begründete damit als erster das Rassenportrait der Tiere. Er war königlicher Professor und ist heute u.a. in der Münchner Neuen Pinakothek sowie der Berliner Nationalgalerie vertreten.
Johann Friedrich Voltz - Cows at the Edge of the Forest, German, dated 1876
Oil on cardboard. Atmospheric depiction of a cattle herd at the edge of a forest. From the left three cows are approaching the banks of a mountain lake whose water reflects the gentle dawn. In the centre a large cow is turning towards the forest glade where a shepherd boy is sitting underneath lavish tree tops. Signed and dated "H:Voltz/ 1876" in the right corner. The paint on the right edge is rubbed in three places. In a gilt wooden profiled frame. The cardboard is covered with a wooden plate on the reverse. Dimensions 16.5 x 40.5 cm, frame 20.5 x 54 cm.
J. Friedrich Voltz (1817 - 1886), one of the most significant German painters of animals and landscapes of his time, devoted himself primarily to the depiction of cattle, thereby creating the breed portrait of these animals for the first time. He was royal professor and today can be seen, among others, in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and in the Berlin Nationalgalerie.
Condition: II
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