J. Muxel (*1790) After Stieler (*1781), Maximiliane Karoline Of Bavaria, Around 1825, Lithography - May 11, 2024 | Fichter Kunsthandel In Hesse
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J. MUXEL (*1790) after STIELER (*1781), Maximiliane Karoline of Bavaria, around 1825, Lithography

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J. MUXEL (*1790) after STIELER (*1781), Maximiliane Karoline of Bavaria, around 1825, Lithography
J. MUXEL (*1790) after STIELER (*1781), Maximiliane Karoline of Bavaria, around 1825, Lithography
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Johann Nepomuk Muxel (1790 Munich - 1780 Landshut) after Joseph Karl Stieler (1781 Mainz - 1858 Munich): Apotheosis of Maximiliane Josepha Karoline of Bavaria, c. 1825, Lithography


Technique: Lithography over tinted stone on Paper


Stamp: Collector's stamp, Lugt no.: 971. Friedrich August II. von Sachsen (1797-1854). Dresden. 19th century


Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Stiller [sic] pinx. / Gedruckt von Jos. Selb. / Nep. Muxel del.".


Date: c. 1825


Description: The princess is dead. Died of typhoid fever. King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his wife Karoline have lost their youngest child. The depiction of a divine ascension of their daughter is intended to help them grieve. The court painter Joseph Karl Stieler sensitively took on this task: Wearing a flowing robe with a garland of roses, he depicts the girl ascending to heaven. Five angel heads await her on the celestial ceiling. She holds her arm out into the light-filled night to receive the wreath of stars handed to her by the angel in the centre. It is the brother who died in childhood. Below on the ground we see the Munich Residenz and the Theatinerkirche, where the girl was buried. The tower of the imperial court marks the hour of the princess's death. The sheet has a clear chiaroscuro structure. The lower part of the depiction with the earthly elements, the palace and the church are hidden in the darkness of the night. The upper part is brightly lit by the heavenly rays. A comforting image: the daughter who died too early to ascend to heaven like Mary. Joseph Karl Stieler studied under François Gérard in Paris and was considered one of the most representative representatives of Napoleonic classicism. As court painter to the Bavarian kings Max I and Ludwig I, he became one of the most sought-after portrait painters in Germany. This touching piece proves that Stieler knew how to depict sad strokes of fate both sentimentally and representatively. It was not without reason that he was described as "the last representative painter of princes in Europe who had honestly fulfilled his courtly office".

    Person: Maximiliane Josepha Karoline von Bayern (1810 - 1821 )

Keywords: Assumption, child, death, Munich, king, princess, Bavaria, lithograph, 19th century, Romanticism, People, Germany, Munich,


Size: Paper: 76,5 cm x 54,9 cm (30,1 x 21,6 in), Depiction: 53,8 cm x 34,3 cm (21,2 x 13,5 in)
Condition
Good condition. Some browning and faint spotting in places, otherwise fine. Paper slightly wavy.
Dimensions
76.5 x 54.9 cm
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J. MUXEL (*1790) after STIELER (*1781), Maximiliane Karoline of Bavaria, around 1825, Lithography

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