Barth, Johann Carl Lot n° 44

Barth, Johann Carl (1787-1853). Portrait Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869). Drawing. Pencil and graphite drawing, signed a. dated 1817. 22,1:17 cm. Unpublished portrait, made five years later than the portrait of Overbeck by Peter Cornelius, dated 1812 (documentation after Geller, no 59). J. C. Barth stayed in Rome - at the same time as Overbeck - from 1817 to 1821, cf. Thieme/B. and Geller. Further portrait comparisons: K. Andrews, The Nazarenes, A Brotherhood of German Painters in Rome, Oxford 1964, pl. 16, ills. 6, as well as frontispiece & dust jacket (double portrait Overbeck / Cornelius); furthermore Geller, ills. 60, portrait of Overbeck by Rud.