Portrait of the Artist's Children, 1830

ArtistWilhelm von Schadow, Berlin 1788–1862 Düsseldorf

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame142,1 × 113,3 cm

Dimensions with frame164,3 × 134,4 cm

Status

on display, room 008

About the workThis portrait by Wilhelm Schadow, who became director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1826, depicts his children Sophie and Rudolf. The background, which was highly praised by his contemporaries, was not completed by Schadow himself. He had commissioned his fellow artist Johann Wilhelm Schirmer to do it. However, Schadow was so dissatisfied with the result that he had the landscape repainted by Schirmer’s pupil, Caspar Scheuren. The latter accepted the task only reluctantly, as he was embarrassed to have to correct his teacher’s work. The painting was acquired for the municipal art collection in 1959. In the period between 1931 and 1941 it may have been in the possession of the Düsseldorf gallery owner Max Stern, who, as a Jew, was forced to give up his business in 1937. As the circumstances surrounding the ownership of the picture at that time could not be fully determined, the state capital decided to restitute it to the Max Stern Foundation and reached a repurchase agreement in 2023.

AccessionAcquisition 1959, restitution and reacquisition 2023

Provenance1862–1890 Johann Gottfried Rudolf von Schadow-Godenhaus (1826–1890) erworben im Erbgang von seinem Vater Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (1788–1862); 1890 Magdalena Sophia Johanna von Schadow-Godenhaus, geb. Wesselhöft (1850–1890) erworben im Erbgang von ihrem Mann; 1890–1892 Stadt Düsseldorf erhalten als Vermächtnis von der Schwiegertochter des Künstlers, Magdalena Sophia Johanna von Schadow-Godenhaus, geb. Wesselhöft; ab 1892 Marie Caroline Sophie Hasenclever, geb. von Schadow (1824–1892), erworben im Tausch von der Stadt Düsseldorf; [...]; 1906 Friedrich Gottlieb Conzen (1857–1925), Düsseldorf; [...]; um 1910/1915 – um 1930 Fritz Schöttler, Hagen i. W.; mindestens 13.05.–07.06.1931 wahrscheinlich Galerie Julius Stern [oder Galerie Hans Bammann, Galerie Georg Paffrath, Kunsthandlung Leo Pauly oder Galerie Dr. Schönemann]; [...]; mindestens Anfang März–Anfang April 1937 Unbekannter Besitzer; [...]; mindestens 1941–1946 Carl Hold sen., Essen; 1953–1959 Karl Hold jun., geerbt von seinem Vater Carl Hold sen. (nach Entsperrung des beschlagnahmten Vermögens der Familie); 1959 Stadt Düsseldorf, angekauft von Carl Hold; 1977 Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, überwiesen von der Stadtverwaltung Düsseldorf; 20.4.2023 Ratsbeschluss: Restitution und Rückkauf

Inventory numberM 1977-1

Contact

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