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5 - Ottmar Elliger d. Ä., A garland of fruit encircled by insects. 1665.
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Ottmar Elliger d. Ä., A garland of fruit encircled by insects. 1665. Ottmar Elliger d. Ä. 1633 Kopenhagen – vor 1679 Berlin Johann Wilhelm Weisse 1846 Kamenz – 1916 ebenda Oil on oak board. Faintly discernible signed and dated to the bottom middle "Ottmar Elliger Fecit An. 1665". Provenance: Saxon private collection; heritage of Johann Wilhelm Weisse (1846–1916), honorary citizen of the city of Kamenz. We thank Dr. Fred Meijer, Amsterdam, for confirmation of authenticity based on digital image (e-mail of 16.04.2026). Image of the signature brightened. Paint layer with slight abrasion on the margins. Insignificant craquelure. Scattered, small, profesional inpaintings, especially in the margins. Varnish renewed. Maße: 56,5 x 40 cm, Ra. 68,5 x 53 cm. Ottmar Elliger d. Ä. 1633 Kopenhagen – vor 1679 Berlin Seine Gemälde datieren ab 1653. Zunächst höchstwahrscheinlich in seiner dänischen Heimat tätig, bekannt sind seine Portraits der dänischen Königsfamilie. 1660 Heirat in Amsterdam. 1665 Übersiedelung nach Hamburg. Ab 1670 bis zu seinem Tode Hofmaler des Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburgs in Berlin. Sein Werk ist an den Arbeiten Jan Davidsz de Heems und Willem Kalfs orientiert.
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