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Young Man with Pipe, 1825

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on paper
16.7×13.9 cm

Artists

  • Friedrich Gauermann

    (Scheuchenstein near Miesenbach 1807–1862 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
After Friedrich Gauermann (1807–1862) had began studying at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in 1824, he dedicated much of his time to portrait studies. The present work is a bust portrait of a young man with a pipe. Gauermann focuses exclusively on the coarse features of the man, whose gaze seems to ignore the observers completely. His traditional costume and the background are hinted at in sparsely placed open brushstrokes. Cleverly placed highlights on the sleeves give the picture a vivid appearance and correspond to the incident light that makes the features of the man stand out. Gauermann created several studies with similar motifs, including Boy Smoking a Pipe, and later used them for paintings.

AGW, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Friedrich Gauermann
Title
Young Man with Pipe
Date
1825
Art movement
Biedermeier
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on paper
Dimensions
16.7×13.9 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 764
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
portraitman/boytobacco pipesitting figurecollartousled hair

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Dr. Georg Miller-Aichholz, Wien (vor 1964); (1)
Auktion: 02.06.1964, Dorotheum Wien, 564. Kunstauktion, Los Nr. 36; (2)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1964-1994);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

  1. Auskunft desDorotheums Wien vom 14.12.2022 und E-Mail vom 11.04.2024
  2. Dorotheum Wien, Katalog zur 564. Kunstauktion, S. 7, Abb. Tafel 71

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portraitman/boytobacco pipesitting figurecollartousled hair