Self-portrait, ca. 1837

ArtistGustav Adolf Köttgen, Langenberg (Rheinland) 1805–1882 Düsseldorf

Oil on cardboard

Dimensions without frame43,5 × 37,7 cm

Dimensions with frame61,5 × 55 cm

Status

on display, room 009

About the workGustav Adolf Köttgen presents himself as self-confident and fashionably dressed. He was a politically active member of the Düsseldorf School of Painting and was involved in the workers’ movement. Köttgen organised the first communist meetings in Germany in Elberfeld in 1845. He painted several portraits of his political comrades and copied images of well-known figures from the past, such as Martin Luther.

AccessionAcquisition 1915

Provenance[...]; 1915 angekauft von Anton Schöner, München

Inventory numberM 4167

Düsseldorf School of Painting
Self-portraits

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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