Joseph Karl Stieler: Picture 'Goethe' (1828), framed
€440.00
Product number:
23905877029
Product information "Joseph Karl Stieler: Picture 'Goethe' (1828), framed"
To this day, it is perhaps Goethe's most famous portrait, and the 'Olympian' would have been quite happy with it: On 4 June 1828 - Stieler had been in Weimar for just over a week and had probably barely made it past the first sketches - Goethe wrote to Christian Friedrich Tieck: 'The royal Bavarian court painter Herr Stieler [has ... ] come a long way; it is not for me to speak and judge about it, but I may say this much, that I consider it very fortunate to see my memory preserved in this way.'Behind the 'Hofmahler Herr Stieler' is Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858), an important representative of classicist painting and famous for his works in the 'Schönheiten-Galerie' of the Munich Residence, which were commissioned by Ludwig I of Bavaria. This portrait was also commissioned by the Bavarian king; Goethe considered it an honour and an obligation to fulfil Ludwig's wish and sat as a model for Stieler, whom he soon came to appreciate as a highly educated conversationalist, for almost a whole month. Original: 1828, oil on canvas, 78 x 63.8 cm, Neue Pinakothek, Munich. Giclée edition by the renowned Dietz-Offizin with tactile and visible canvas structure, stretched directly onto artist's canvas using a stretcher, just like an original painting. Gold-coloured solid wood framing. Limited to 990 copies. Format 56 x 47 cm (H/W).
| Artist: | Joseph Karl Stieler |
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