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Friedrich Overbeck (Lübeck 1789-1869 Rome)
Lot 128 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN B. PEPER

Friedrich Overbeck (Lübeck 1789-1869 Rome)

The Madonna and Child surrounded by angels

Closed26 January 2012

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Friedrich Overbeck (Lübeck 1789-1869 Rome)
The Madonna and Child surrounded by angels
signed with monogram 'FO' and dated '1841' (lower right)
pencil
16 3/8 x 16 5/8 in. (42.4 x 42.9 cm.), shaped

Probably Moritz von Bethmann, Francfort.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1996, lot 90, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This composition is known through a few autograph versions (for example, Sotheby's, New York, 26 january 2000, lot 161, or Sotheby's, Munich, 27 June 1995), but the quality of the present drawing and the fact it is signed and dated '1841' may indicate that it is the original drawing commissioned by the banker Moritz Bethmann in 1841. In July 1847 the artist gave permission to the printmaker Constantin Mller, to reproduce this drawing in a print.