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Friedrich Gotthard Naumann (1750-1821) "Portrait of a highly aristocratic lady", oil on canvas, 1802
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Likely it is a portrait of a young German royalty (princess? duchess?) from Ansbach, where the author of this portrait - Friedrich Gotthard Naumann - worked as a court artist from 1781. Otherwise she might have been a noblewoman from Dresden, where Naumann worked in the late 1780 - early 1790s (for example, see our additional image nr.9 with portrait of Prince Karl von Sachsen).
Friedrich Gotthard Naumann was born in the simplest of circumstances as the son of the cottage owner and local tax collector Johann Georg Naumann and his wife Anna Rosina, née Ebert. His older brother was the Dresden composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann. At the age of 17 he entered the Dresden Art Academy and became a student of Giovanni Battista Casanova. In 1772 he traveled to Rome via Munich and Venice with his brother, who gave him great support. There he worked in Anton Raphael Mengs' studio. At times he lived in his house. In Rome, Naumann made the acquaintance of the Margrave Alexander von Ansbach (1736-1806), who took him into his service and at the same time granted the extension of his study stay in Rome. In 1781 Naumann moved to Ansbach, where he was appointed court painter annually with a salary of 1000 guilders. He mainly devoted himself to portraits of the margravial family, but also painted simple villagers from the Ansbach area. In 1789/1790 he went on a second trip to Italy with the Bayreuth margravine widow Sophie Caroline Marie (1737-1817). In 1790 he took up teaching at the University of Erlangen and also gave private lessons. After 1792 he worked as an art buyer and appraiser for Friedrich Wilhelm II. With the same salary and in this position prevented the removal of the Schwabach high altar attributed to Dürer. Naumann continued to live in Ansbach Castle and in the later years of his life mainly accepted private assignments. In 1821 he chose to commit suicide by shooting. His artistic estate was auctioned off and the assets were handed over to a poor fund after a testamentary determination.
His works can be seen in various churches (Ansbach, Dresden), castles (wall and ceiling decorations) and museums (his portrait of A.R. Mengs is housed in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts; the portrait of his brother, composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann, can be viewed in the City Museum of Dresden; *Wikipedia - translated from German).
Provenance: private French collection
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Condition: good
Creation Year: 1802
Measurements: UNFRAMED:72,0x55,0cm/28,3x21,7in FRAMED: 66,7x82,3cm/26,3x32,4in
Object Type: Framed oil painting
Style: Old Master paintings
Technique: oil on canvas
Inscription: signed: Naumann pin.(xit); verso bears old inscription: Goya 1815
Creator: Friedrich Gotthard Naumann
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Creator Dates: 1750 Blasewitz-1821 Ansbach
Nationality: German
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