Portrait of a Young Man
oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
circa 1817
signed verso Marie Ellenrieder pinx
ex coll. Dr. Klaus Durm, Karlsruhe
Conserved by the late Andrea Rothe (formerly, Senior Conservator of Paintings, Getty Museum) and Jeanne McKee-Rothe (formerly, Norton Simon Museum).
Literature:
Friedhelm Wilhelm Fischer, Marie Ellenrieder, Leben und Werk der Konstanzer Malerin (Konstanz and Stuttgart: Jan Thorbecke, 1963), Kat. Nr. 87 (entitled Junger Mann mit Backenbart).
The same model appears in a pastel in the collection of the Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz (Fischer nr. 86). See Bettina Baumgärtel, et al., Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807), Marie Ellenrieder (1791-1863), Malerei un Graphik (Konstanz: Städtische Museen Konstanz/Rosgartenmuseum, 1992), Nr. 57 M.E., p. 220, reproduced below.
