Bildnis eines Herrn Hirzel in Paris

c. 1820

not on display

Hans Jakob Oeri1782 Kyburg – 1868 Zürich

It is difficult to clearly identify the sitter. It is possible that he is Hans Jakob Hirzel (1775–1845). The Order of Military Merit of Louis XVIII and the artist's biography indicate that the painting was created after 1819.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 Mister Hirzel in Paris

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 66 x 54 cm

Inventory number

0100

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Mrs. Bürgermeister Hess, 1850

Signature

Inscriptions

Accession year

1850

Provenance

Hans Jakob Oeri (*1782 Kyburg, +1868 Zürich) (Künstler/-in)
frühestens ab 1920 – höchstens bis 1824, Hans Conrad Hirzel (*1747, +1824)
spätestens ab 1824 – 1952, Anna Barbara Hess-Hirzel (*1803, +1888) (Sammler/-in), Nachlass
ab 1852, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Geschenk

About the 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. 156.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[1] painting 19th century CHE

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