German School, 2nd half 18th century - Portrait of Feldmarschall Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff - image-1

Lot 17 Dα

German School, 2nd half 18th century - Portrait of Feldmarschall Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff

Auction 1083 - overview Cologne
15.03.2017, 14:30 - Paintings 15th - 19th Century
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €

German School, 2nd half 18th century

Portrait of Feldmarschall Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff

Oil on paper, laid down on card, mounted on a stretcher.. 30 x 23.5 cm.

According to tradition, the work is said to depict Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff (1724-1816). The assumed subject enjoyed a brilliant career in the military under Frederick II and his two successors, culminating in his appointment to general field marshall in 1793, after being governor of Berlin since 1782.

Provenance

From the collection of the art historian Georg Voß (1854-1932). – Subsequently in family ownership.