Bildnis des Goldarbeiters Johann Jakob Rordorf zur Haue

1820

not on display

Felix Maria Diogg1762 Andermatt – 1834 Rapperswil

Johann Jakob Rordorf (1789-1825) was a goldsmith who created guild goblets and tabatières, among other things, and also cultivated painting (see inv. 516) and wax bossing.In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

Portrait of the Goldsmith Johann Jakob Rordorf zur Haue

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 68 x 56 cm

Inventory number

513

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Ms. Emilie Rordorf zur Haue, 1891

Signature

Inscriptions

inscribed on verso on label: Joh. Jacob Rordorf. Goldarbeiter / zur Haue. / geb. 24 Januar 1789. / gest. 26 Aprill 1825. / pinx. Diogg A.o 1820

Accession year

1891

Provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 85. - Walter Hugelshofer: Felix Maria Diogg. Ein Schweizer Bildnismaler 1762-1834, Zürich, 1940, No. 236.

Object type

painting

Classification

B 1[1] painting 16th to 18th century CHE

Keywords

portrait