Fritz Petzholdt (b. Copenhagen 1805, d. Patras 1838)
Italian mountain landscape with a large rock in the foreground. Unsigned. Inscribed on the back 'Fr. Petzholdt', and 'tilhører [belongs to] G. Collin'. Oil on paper laid on cardboard. 19.5×20.5 cm.
The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Fritz Petzholdt's works by MA Lise-Lott Barlas.
Provenance: Gottlieb Collin. His granddaughter Ulla Glad. Bruun Rasmussen auction 494, 1987 no. 837.
Like trees, stones and rocks were also one of Petzhold's favorite motifs, and the motif with the large rock in the foreground points towards Petzholdt's depiction of “Musestenen på Vemmetofte strand” (The Mouse Stone at Vemmetofte strand) (Sorø Art Museum Inv. No. VKS-00–0013), which is one of the few works that can be dated with certainty to his short stay in Denmark in 1837.
The two eldest sons of Jonas Collin (1776–1861) Gottlieb Collin (1806–1885) and Edvard Collin (1808–1886) were both very good friends of Petzholdt, and he often visited the Collin family' in Norgesgade in Copenhagen and he corresponded with both brothers when he was in Italy. In 1833 Gottlieb Collin married Petzholdt's sister Augusta (1801–1865). It is Gottlieb Collins' distinctive handwriting that can be seen on the back. On the back of a more recent frame it is written that the work 'belongs to Ulla Glad'. Ulla Glad (1870–1916) was Gottlieb Collins' granddaughter.
Bruun Rasmussen thanks MA Lise-Lott Barlas for assisting with the cataloguing of the present painting.
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Fine art, 4 March 2024