58 - A. DOLL (1826–1887), Entrance to a Small House, Pencil

A. DOLL (1826–1887), Entrance to a Small House, Pencil Anton Doll (1826 Munich – 1887 ibid.): Entrance to a Small House with a Busy Housewife, 19th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on paper Stamp: Collector’s stamp on the reverse, Georg and Dr. F. Wilhelm Denzel. Munich. 20th century, 19th century Inscription: Signed lower right: “A Doll.” Date: 19th century Description: Inspired by his father Georg (1873–1959), who had already amassed a basic collection of drawings and engravings, mostly of religious subject matter, Dr. Wilhelm Denzel began collecting them himself in the 1920s. He had a particular passion for landscape illustrations from the Munich School and humorous drawings, primarily caricatures from around 1900 from the magazines *Simplicissimus*, *Jugend*, and *Fliegende Blätter*. Denzel did not focus primarily on well-known artists when acquiring the prints; unusual motifs and the quality of the drawings were always more important to him. This resulted in a thematically extremely diverse collection of around three thousand drawings with a focus on southern Germany, in which there are many interesting and never-before-seen discoveries to be made, even within classic genres such as landscape and genre—a cross-section of the multifaceted body of work spanning a century, from around 1830 to 1930. Provenance: Denzel Collection Verso: Sketch fragments Keywords: Country people, Garden, Labor, Figure, Maid, 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Germany, Size: Paper: 15.4 cm x 13.8 cm (6.1 x 5.4 in) Condition: Good condition. Condition appropriate for its age.