4215 - Attributed to Thomas Christian Winck, Two allegorical paintings

Attributed to Thomas Christian Winck, Two allegorical paintings two paintings featuring mythological-allegorical scenes as a pair: 1.) Mars and Venus, caught together by cherubs; in the foreground, Vulcan unwrapping the fasces, beside him, putti playing with Mars’ armour; above, a putto with serpentine hair (modelled on Medusa) and another dressed as Perseus; top right, a deity with an arrow drawn by two leopards; 2.) Chronos and Veritas, with Chronos in the act of stealing from her; below, several figures and two small sheep; in the foreground, an untouched fasces; highly complex iconography; beautiful panel paintings in the South German Rococo, both unsigned, oil on canvas mounted on wood, unsigned, both works restored and showing signs of age, in gilt frames, with minimal damage, inner dimensions (including frame) approx. 75.5 x 58.5 cm each. A copy of the 1975 restoration invoice and a written attribution to Thomas Christian Winck by Dr Gode Krämer of the Augsburg Municipal Art Collections, dated 18 July 1995, are enclosed. Artist information: German painter and etcher (1738 in Eichstätt to 1797 in Munich); initially trained as a fresco painter under Anton Scheitler in Eggenfelden, later in Eichstätt under Johann Jakob Feichtmayr; in 1759 he studied briefly at the Imperial City Academy in Augsburg; from around 1760 he worked in the studio of Johann Michael Kaufmann; his first documented commission was in 1764; in 1767, commissioned by Elector Maximilian III Joseph to produce designs for a tapestry cycle; from 1769, court painter at the Bavarian Elector’s court, A leading figure in late 18th-century Munich painting; co-founder of a drawing school on Theatiner-Straße in Munich; he was a late exponent of the South German Rococo, whose work illustrates the transition from Rococo to Classicism. Source: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online and Christine Hutter, Die Tafelbilder des kurfürstlichen Hofmalers Christian Wink (1738-1797), doctoral thesis, LMU Munich 2012.