Marie Ellenrieder

Portrait of a Boy in Profile, probably Carl Ecker, deceased 

chalk on paper

52.1 x 38.5 cm

signed lower left Marie Ellenrieder

c. 1819

On verso, in another hand, inscribed:  'Carl Ecker d. 13t Merz (?) gebohren, 1813 und d 6ten November 1819 wurde er ... von einer Freundin von mir gezeichnet'.  ["Carl Ecker the Elder, born 13th of March, 1813, and died 6th of November, 1819; it was drawn by a friend of mine."]

Literature:

Friedhelm Wilhelm Fischer, Marie Ellenrieder, Leben und Werk der Konstanzer Malerin (Konstanz and Stuttgart: Jan Thorbecke, 1963), ill. 8, Kat. Nr. 182.