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| The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory |
Artist:Eduard Gaertner (German, Berlin 1801–1877 Zechlin)
Date:1836
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (23.8 x 20 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, funds from various donors, by exchange, 2007
This light-filled conservatory belonged to the prosperous Berlin wool merchant Christian Carl Westphal, a passionate horticulturist. The stark glass structure here serves as a Biedermeier day-room for his family. Gaertner was the preeminent painter of Berlin’s grand new boulevards, but this is one of only four interior scenes he is known to have painted; it may have been owned by Westfal, who was his landlord.
Provenance
probably Christian Carl Westfal, Berlin; Dr. Grieber, Munich (ca. 1930–86; sold to Fritz-Denneville); [Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd., London, 1986–2007]
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