0608
Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser Schmidt
(Grafenwörth 1718 - 1801 Stein)
„Family portrait Martin Johann Schmidt“
1790
oil on zinc plate
72.4 × 86.4 cm
baroque frame with inlays
dated lower right on the piece of paper in the foreground: 1790
Provenance
from the artist's estate (the painting was an element of the inventory of the first room of the first floor in his house in Krems/Stein a. d. Donau, cf. General inventory of the estate after the death of Kremser Schmidt, 1801, city archive Krems);
1920 sale Dorotheum Vienna (as Anton Graff);
collection Oskar Bondy (died 1944 in New York City), Vienna;
confiscated in 1939 by the National Socialists and given to the museum of Krems;
restituted in 1947 to the widow of Oskar Bondy, Elisabeth Bondy;
purchased before 1951 by Carl-Anton Goëss-Saurau (1921–2015);
Sale Auktionshaus im Kinsky, Vienna, 13th Oktober 2009, lot 33;
Estate of Carl-Anton Goess-Saurau (1921–2015) and his wife Marie (1921–1996), née Mayr-Melnhof, Schloss Pfannberg
Exhibition
1971 Krems, Dominikanerkloster („1000 Jahre Kunst in Krems“, No. 234);
2009–2016 as a loan to Belvedere, Wien
Literature
Waltrude Oberwaldner, Der Kremser Schmidt. Sein Leben und sein Werk, Schriftenreihe für Heimat und Volk 94, St. Pölten 1943, p. 14 f., p. 23, ill. 15;
Katalog der Gedächtnisausstellung zum 150. Todestage von Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt) 1718-1801 in Krems-Stein, Vienna 1951, p. 65, No. 113;
Fritz Dworschak/Rupert Feuchtmüller/Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh/Josef Zykan, Der Maler Martin Johann Schmidt, genannt „Der Kremser Schmidt“ 1718–1801, Vienna 1955, p. 41, note 119, p. 66 and p. 282;
Harry Kühnel (Ed.), 1000 Jahre Kunst in Krems, exhibition catalogue, Dominikanerkloster, Krems/Donau 1971, p. 252 f., cat.no. 234;
Rupert Feuchtmüller, Der Kremser Schmidt 1718-1801, Innsbruck/Vienna 1989, p. 140 f., cat.no. 915, p. 525;
In 2012 the painting has been appointed to the monument of the month by the Federal Monuments Office (cf. http://www.bda.at/text/136/Denkmal-des-Monats/17647/ Der-Kremser-Schmidt_Kuenstler-Buerger-und-Familienvater).
Estimate: € 250.000
Result: € 486.400 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.