Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Wilhelm Hensel – Engraving – Leipzig, mid-19th Century
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Wilhelm Hensel und Fanny Hensel, geb. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, engraving by August Weger and Johann-Paul Singer. Leipzig, [mid 19th century].
Portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, granddaughter of Moses Mendelssohn, sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, herself an outstanding composer, with her husband, the painter Wilhelm Hensel.
The engraving appeared in the bi-weekly "Faust, Polygrafhisch-illustrirte Zeitschrift fur Kunst, Wissenschaft Industrie und Unterhaltung", edited by Alois Auer, published in Vienna and Leipzig in mid-19th century.
Engraving: approx. 15.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Matted.
Portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, granddaughter of Moses Mendelssohn, sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, herself an outstanding composer, with her husband, the painter Wilhelm Hensel.
The engraving appeared in the bi-weekly "Faust, Polygrafhisch-illustrirte Zeitschrift fur Kunst, Wissenschaft Industrie und Unterhaltung", edited by Alois Auer, published in Vienna and Leipzig in mid-19th century.
Engraving: approx. 15.5X24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Matted.
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings
Israeli and International Art – Prints and Paintings