6698 - Schadow, Johann Gottfried—attributed

Schadow, Johann Gottfried—attributed Attributed. Young Woman Knitting, Wearing a Bonnet. Black chalk on honey-colored laid paper. 29.6 x 19.7 cm. Watermark: "C & I Honig" with a shield featuring a post horn. The woman depicted may be Mademoiselle Villaume (b. 1780), a companion of the Schadow family, and not, as stated in the Karlsruhe catalog, Schadow’s sister Lotte. Mademoiselle Villaume is depicted on the right in the foreground of the 1795 etching “Schadow and His Family” (Mackowsky no. 18, plate 11). Provenance: From the collection of Walter Bauer, Fulda. Lit.: Exhibition catalog *German Drawing Art from Two Centuries, 1760–1960. Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints from the W. B. Collection*, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 1967, no. 114. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.