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FRIEDRICH OVERBECK
(1789 Lübeck - 1869 Rome)
A) Rock Crab
B) Crab's Claws
A)
Pencil, 82 x 101 mm.
Condition: glue residue on verso
B)
Pencil, 98 x 113 mm.
Condition: crease running parallel to the upper edge
Verso: glue residue
Origin of both sketches: Gerd Rosen, Berlin, auction XXXIV am 16th
May 1960, lot 863; R.A. Winkler estate.
Overbeck founded the Brotherhood of St. Luke with Franz Pforr in
1810, the first documented Secessionist movement in the history of
art. He moved to Rome the same year, where he became the chief
representative of the Nazarene art movement. Overbeck’s studio
became one of Rome’s artistic hubs. |
