Bildnis eines Ritters des Malteserordens

c. 1780

not on display

Franz Peter Joseph Kymli1748 Mannheim – c. 1813 Paris

The attribution of this portrait to Kymli, formerly thought to be the work of an unknown French painter from around 1750, has not been verified. Kymli was mainly active in the Electoral Palatinate and in Paris; his relationship to Switzerland has not been clarified.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 a Knight of the Order of Malta

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 80 x 65 cm

Inventory number

106

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, 1850

Signature

Inscriptions

Accession year

1850

Provenance

Franz Peter Joseph Kymli (*1748 Mannheim, +1813 Paris) (Künstler/-in)
Verbleib unbekannt
ab 1850, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich

About the provenance

State of research 14.05.2025 Do you have questions, criticism, suggestions, and further information? Please send us a message to provenienzforschung(at)kunsthaus.ch.

Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 71.

Object type

painting

Classification

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

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