Bidspirit auction | Eduard Karl Franz von Gebhardt

Eduard Karl Franz von Gebhardt - Eduard Karl Franz von Gebhardt, Portrait of a Merchant in Old German Costume. Probably late 19th C.. Eduard Karl Franz von Gebhardt 1838 Sankt Johannis, Governorate of Estonia – 1925 Düsseldorf Fritz Busch 1890 Siegen – 1951 London Oil on paper, laid down on canvas by the artist. Upper right signed ”E v Gebhardt”. Verso signed again, inscribed on the stretcher frame and with various numbered labels. Provenance: Private collection Dresden; property of Frida Borsdorf, Dresden-Hellerau, governess to Fritz Busch; Collection of Fritz Busch, chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, emigrated to England in 1933. The edges of the support with clear lesions. Isolated creases and inconspicuous abrasions in the upper right quarter. Paint layer with very isolated retouches. Dimensions: 100 x 73.5 cm. Eduard Karl Franz von Gebhardt 1838 Sankt Johannis, Governorate of Estonia – 1925 Düsseldorf Son of an evangelical provost in Reval. 1854–57 Academy St. Petersburg. From 1860 in Düsseldorf, as a student of Wilhelm Sohn. 1873 Professor at the Düsseldorf Academy. 1905–1919 member of the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 1918 gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. 1925 memorial exhibition.