Hofmann; Ludwig von
1861 Darmstadt - 1945 Pillnitz

Adam and Eve.

Mixed media on painter's card. 44;7 x 44;7 cm. Original frame.

Verso:
-Several numbers inscribed on the reverse of the card (numbers: 3212; Kat 279; L 6396); and on the frame.
Also labels:
-Galerie Arnold; Dresden Schlo?Stra遝 34 (upon which is a stamp with Schneider jr. Frankfurt); beside this a blue margined mark of the Kunsthandlung J.P. Schneider Frankfurt with the number 33759 (not archived here pre 1945); and a label inscribed in old handwriting "L.v.Hofmann; z.Zt. In Weimar./Vertreten in s鋗tlichen gro遝n Galerien/ deutschlands. Gl鋘zender ... /in ... Der Malerei LW. III./ Das Bild stammt aus der fr黨en; ... / Zeit des Malers. Ankl鋘ge an Puvis de Cha/vannes; Marees. ...; wertvoller italienischer Rahmen vom K黱stler selbst in Rom f黵 das/ Bild ausgew鋒lt."

Exhibitions:
Galerie Arnold; Dresden; 1917: Ludwig von Hofmann. Erstmaliger 躡erblick 黚er das Schaffen
des K黱stlers 1891-1916; Katalognummer 279; Paradies (dreiteilig).

Expert's Assessment:
Includes a detailed assessment by Dr. Wagner-Wilke; Karpen; dated March 2013.
The entire assessment is available to read in the online catalogue.

Dr. Wagner Wilke writes:
"... The painting has been unequivocally identified as a work of Ludwig von Hofmann. The piece was presumably created in the second half of the 1890s; most probably around 1895-1900 during von Hofmann's visit to Rome... Two studies of the seated nude girl are known; and are both kept in the St鋎tisches Galerie Albstadt (Inv. SWG 89/249-250; right) and are dated 1889 according to the collection catalogue (Ludwig von Hofmann. Zeichnungen;Art trade; Van Ham.