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The German painter Anselm Friedrich Feuerbach (1829–1880) combines portraits—including many self-portraits—with subjects drawn from ancient mythology and history. In 1852, he painted *Hafiz at the Inn*, presented as his first important work and held at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.
In Rome, he met Anna Risi, known as Nanna, in 1860; she became his model, and this meeting marked the beginning of a series of portraits. His composition *Iphigenia*, dated 1862 to 1871, is held at the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt. Other works include *Paolo and Francesca* (1864), an oil painting on canvas held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, as well as *Plato’s Feast* (1869), held at the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, and *Medea* (1870), located at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
The collector and patron Schack acquired several of his canvases, now listed in the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Schack Gallery in Munich. According to Universalis, Feuerbach’s reputation was established mainly after his death, notably at the exhibition of 19th-century German painting held in Berlin in 1906.
This profile brings together identity references for Anselm Feuerbach and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Koller, Lempertz, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
La samaritaine
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2026-09-22
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2000
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Kreide in Schwarz und Weiß auf blau getöntem Papier mit Wasserzeichen (Wappenschild mit hoher Krone)
Auction date : 2025-05-17
Published result : 12600 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on canvas
Jacob freit um Rahel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-11-14
Published result : 125000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 40000
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Charcoal drawing
Kinderköpfchen.
Kohlezeichnung
Date to be documented
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1600
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Black chalk
Date to be documented
Published result : 1125 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Anselm Feuerbach — Portrait de femme
huile sur toile
attr. à
Catalogue period : 2018-06-18
Attributed to
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
