The Painter Heinrich Heinlein, ca. 1840–1860

ArtistAmalie Bensinger, Bruchsal 1809–1889 Reichenau

ArtistKopie nach Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Arolsen 1805–1874 München

Oil on canvas, on wood

Dimensions without frame40 × 31,5 cm

Dimensions with frame53,5 × 46 × 7 cm

Status

not on display

About the workAmalie Bensinger studied painting in Düsseldorf in the 1830s. As a woman, she was not permitted to attend the art academy and had to take private lessons. The painting here is a copy of a work by Wilhelm Kaulbach, who in 1840 created a study for a portrait of fellow artist Heinrich Heinlein. The Hamburger Kunsthalle acquired it in the 1950s. It is unknown where Bensinger saw Kaulbach’s work, but she might have known him personally as they had both grown up in Mannheim. The copy remained in Bensinger's possession for the rest of her life.

Accession Acquisition 2023

ProvenanceNachlass Amalie Bensinger, Hamburg; November 2021 Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg, Los Nr. 475; [...]; 2023 angekauft vom Düsseldorfer Auktionshaus

Inventory numberM 2023-1

Contact

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