August von Kotzebue
Bust portrait in oval to the left.
Inscription: AUGUST von KOTZEBUE. / Gemalt von Fr. Tischbein. / Gestochen von J.P. Bittheuser. / Nürnberg bey J.F. Frauenholz & Co. 1809.
Obverse: [in pencil outside the platemark below right:] T [below right in the platemark:] small round dry stamp "T" [ art shop Johann Friedrich Frauenholz, Nuremberg (in Lugt: L. 994)] [in pencil top left:] 92 [in pencil top right:] 2.-
Verso: [Stamped upper left in blue:] Twice the stamp of the Ernst Joseph Herrings Collection, Rattelsdorf Castle near Bamberg (in Lugt: L.2698) [in pencil lower right:] 20813 [below:] Hph [below:] fi [in pencil upper right:] XXVI [below:] 3712 / 4
[...] - 1893?: Ernst Joseph Herrings Collection, Rattelsdorf Castle near Bamberg (L.2698).
1893? - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).
22.06.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1937/459
XXVI. Lager-Katalog von Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung und Kunstantiquariat in München, Christofstr. 2.: Porträts. Kupferstich, Radierung, Schabkunst, Buntdruck, Holzschnitt und Lithographie. A-K, [o. J. (Datierung nur vage nach 1893)], Lot-Nummer 3712.
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