Otto Grashof. Portrait of the Mother of the Artist

Lot 1282
17.11.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 1282 | Otto Grashof. Portrait of the Mother of the Artist
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GRASHOF, OTTO1812 Prenzlau - 1876 Cologne


Title: Portrait of the Mother of the Artist.
Date: 1852.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 94,5 x 81cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower left: Otto Grashof / 1852.
Frame: Framed.
Verso:
Inscribed on the canvas: "Dorothea Grashof geb. Brüder / gest. 1848. aus der Erinnerung / gemalt von ihrem Sohne / Otto Grashof / Cöln / 1852".

Grashof painted this portrait of his parents in a summerhouse in 1832 while still a master pupil of Wilhelm von Schadow at the Düsseldorf Academy; it is considered the first work, with which the 20-year-old became famous. He painted this portrait of his mother four years after her death, in the year of his departure for South America.
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