Nehrlich, Gustav

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3.000 € - 5.000 €

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Karlsruhe 1807 - 1840 München
15,4 x 13,2 cm, R.
Portrait of Princess Amalie of Saxony, née Princess of Bavaria (1801-1877). The princess is wearing a light blue dress with gold jewellery and belt buckle. Fine gouache painting on ivory, signed G. Nehrlich in gold on the right side. Slightly worn. Decorative wooden frame with burlwood and brass applications, inscribed ‘Princesse Amélie’ and old inventory labels on the reverse, slight age damage and min. rest. Comes with EU Cites for ivory DE-K 240822-383, EXPORT NOT POSSIBLE
South German private collection.
Lit. Karin Henninger-Tavcar, Miniatur-Portraits, Verlag Kurt Götz, 1995, cover and p. 239.
Amalie was the daughter of King Maximilan I Joseph of Bavaria and his wife Caroline, née Princess of Baden. She married the future King Johann I of Saxony in 1822.
Gustav Nehrlich studied in Paris under Jean-Baptiste Isabey, among others, and later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Back in Karlsruhe, he worked primarily for the Grand Dukes of Baden as well as occasionally for the Bavarian King Ludwig I - he produced portrait drawings and miniatures.
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