Bildnis des Bildhauers Herman Vilhelm Bissen

1833/1834

not on display

Johann Caspar Weidenmann1805 Winterthur – 1850 Winterthur

It depicts the Danish sculptor Herman Vilhelm Bissen (Schleswig 1798 – Copenhagen 1868), who worked in Thorwaldsen's circle in Rome from 1823 to 1834. After his return to Denmark, Bissen mainly created monuments.
According to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, which holds most of the works from his early period, the portrait was painted in 1833/34.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 Sculptor Herman Vilhelm Bissen

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 74.5 x 63 cm

Inventory number

139

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, 1850

Signature

inscr. c. l.: J. C. Weidenmann pt / Rom

Inscriptions

Accession year

1850

Provenance

Johann Caspar Weidenmann (*1805 Winterthur, +1850 Winterthur) (Künstler/-in)
Verbleib unbekannt
ab 1850, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, KaufKunsthaus Zürich, Sammlungskatalog, 2007, S. 168

Literature (provenance)

- Die Meisterwerke, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft/Christian Klemm, Sammlungskatalog Kunsthaus Zürich, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 168.

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. 168.

Object type

painting

Classification

C 1[1] painting 19th century CHE

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