Ernst Joachim Förster, Giotto als Hirtenknabe, ca. 1833, Öl auf Leinwand, 32,5 × 26 cm

Giotto as a Shepherd Boy, ca. 1833

ArtistErnst Joachim Förster, Bad Sulza 1800–1885 München

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame32,5 × 26 cm

Dimensions with frame41,5 × 35,7 × 4,7 cm

Status

on display, room 007

About the workThe late medieval painter Giotto is said to have been discovered by the great artist Cimabue, who found him as a young shepherd drawing sheep with the simplest of means. This event was recorded by Giorgio Vasari, whose biographies of artists published in the mid-sixteenth century marked the beginning of art historiography. The fact that Ernst Förster chose this subject is also of biographical significance: he in turn was reportedly discovered by Peter Cornelius. Förster came to Düsseldorf with Cornelius, who was head of the art academy there. Later, Förster also became a doctor of art history.

AccessionAcquisition 1932

Provenanceo.D. vermutl. Sammlung Fürst von Metternich; [...]; spät. 7.11.1932 Kunsthandlung Hans Bammann, Düsseldorf, erhalten in Kommission; 13.12.1932 Kunsthandlung Hans Bammann erworben vom Kommittenten; 9.3.1933 erworben von der Kunsthandlung Hans Bammann, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 4402

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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