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Johann Hermann Kretzschmer (1811–1890) trained with Wilhelm Wach in Berlin and then Wilhelm von Schadow in Düsseldorf. A history, genre and portrait painter, he began with narrative compositions close to Romantic sensibilities. Kinder belauschen das Nest einer Henne, dated 1834, appeared in exhibitions in Düsseldorf and Berlin that same year.
Travel broadened his repertoire: he visited Rome and Sicily in 1838, followed by Greece, Constantinople and Egypt in 1840–1841. Portraits, architectural views and scenes inspired by these journeys joined his European subjects. Permanently based in Berlin from 1845, he received the title of professor in 1856. His work thus combines travel observation, historical narrative and familiar scenes centred on human figures across several different pictorial genres.
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Oil on canvas
Kinder belauschen das Nest einer Henne
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-09-19
Published result : 4960 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3500
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Bleistiftzeichnung, 1829
Attribué à Kretzschmer, Johann Hermann — , zugeschrieben Flusslandschaft
Bleistiftzeichnung, 1829
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2020-12-07
Attributed
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 100–150
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