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Peter von Cornelius participated in the renewal of German monumental painting during the nineteenth century. Settling in Rome in 1811, he joined the Nazarenes and studied Renaissance masters. Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers, painted in 1816–1817 for the Casa Bartholdy, belongs to a collaborative fresco cycle now preserved in Berlin. Its biblical narrative was conceived as part of an architectural interior.
His drawing practice also engaged with literature. A sheet in the Städel, dating from about 1810–1811, depicts Faust and Gretchen walking in a garden, using pencil and pen. A title page for Goethe’s Faust, produced in Rome in 1814, develops an ornamental framework of arabesques. These sheets bring narrative composition together with decorative invention on a scale different from his mural paintings.
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Cornelius, Peter von — zugeschrieben David spielt vor Saul die Harfe
Öl auf Leinwand
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2016-06-17
Attributed
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Cornelius, Peter von — zugeschrieben David spielt vor Saul die Harfe
Öl auf Leinwand
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2016-03-18
Attributed
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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