MARCUS EBERHARD EMMINGER (BIBERACH 1808-1885)
Lot 52

MARCUS EBERHARD EMMINGER (BIBERACH 1808-1885)

Castello Frangipane in Terracina (recto); Study of a tree in Mittelbiberach (verso)

Closed26 January 2023

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USD 5,000–7,000

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MARCUS EBERHARD EMMINGER (BIBERACH 1808-1885)
Castello Frangipane in Terracina (recto); Study of a tree in Mittelbiberach (verso)
inscribed ‘Eiche’ and twice ‘bey Mittelbiberach im May 1845’ (verso)
graphite and watercolor on wove paper; verso squared for transfer
13 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (35 x 29.5 cm)

Specialist note

This drawing is a good illustration of the itinerant life of Emminger before he settled in Munich in 1854, where he lived for much of the rest of his life. The recto was made halfway Rome and Naples; the verso near his native town of Biberach an der Riß, where he also died.