Lot 25
“Portrait of Bernhard von Langenbeck”, attributed to Ferdinand Wilhelm von Heuss (Mainz 1848–1924 Bodenheim), 1886 ?
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Oil on canvas, lined. Inscribed and dated in several lines in the right field “BERNARDI A LANGENBECK / EFFIGIEM PINXIT VISBADAE / D F. HEUSS. / MDCCCLXXXV[I]”. Seated three-quarter-length portrait of Bernhard von Langenbeck in dark dress, wearing a neck badge and a chain with several miniature decorations across his waistcoat; his folded hands rest on a document inscribed “Archiv für Klin. Chirurgie”. Drapery and an architectural element in the background. Paint layer with pronounced network craquelure, particularly in the flesh tones and background. Canvas and paint layer with a puncture at the lower left, at the edge of the sleeve, approx. 0.5 × 0.9 cm. Numerous scratches and abrasions, particularly in the dark passages, as well as smaller losses to the paint layer along the edges. Tacking edges with abrasions and losses, locally exposing the canvas. Under ultraviolet light, small areas of non-fluorescing retouching to the inscription, particularly to the “W” in the name and to an “I” in the date. Dimensions 103.5 × 76 cm. F. von Heuss, son of the portrait painter Eduard von Heuss, trained as a physician and also worked as a painter and sculptor.Condition: III Questions about the lot?
