Bildnis eines Unbekannten. Sitzender Winzer

c. 1887

not on display
Ferdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf
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One of several similarly composed genre pictures that began around 1885 (see 'Portrait Emile Borgeaud (?) (Miller Seated at a Table)', inv. 1949); in the frontal, symmetrical alignment of the figure, it approaches the 'Unemployed' of 1891 and the 'The Disappointed Souls' (1892; Kunstmuseum Bern)
Also known as
Portrait of an Unknown Man (Wine-Grower, Seated) Sitzender Winzer [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 55 x 38 cm
Inventory number
975
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1912