Bildnis Frederik Robert Martin

1916/1917

not on display

Ferdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf

Frederick Robert Martin (1868-1933) was an important Swedish art historian and orientalist, specialising in Islamic art. Travelling a lot, he came to Geneva in December 1916 to have his portrait painted by Hodler.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 Frederik Robert Martin

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 92 x 80 cm

Inventory number

1965

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Alfred Rütschiʼs heirs, 1929

Signature

inscr. b. r. in red: F. Hodler

Inscriptions

Catalogue raisonné

Bätschmann/Müller 2012 II.989

Accession year

1929

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. 290. - Oskar Bätschmann/Paul Müller/Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft et al.: Ferdinand Hodler. Catalogue raisonné der Gemälde. Band 2, Die Bildnisse (Œuvrekataloge Schweizer Künstler 23), Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2012, No. 989, S. 316. - Carl-Albert Loosli: Ferdinand Hodler. Leben, Werk und Nachlass, Bern: Suter, 1921, No. 1465. - Ferdinand Hodler, Ausst.-Kat. Nationalgalerie Berlin, Musée du Petit Palais und Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1983, No. 189, S. 165, S. 427 (ill.).

Object type

painting

Classification

D 1[1] art 20th century CHE

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