Portrait of Friedrich Adolph Carl von Holzhausen, Georg Karl Urlaub
Georg Karl Urlaub
Portrait of Friedrich Adolph Carl von Holzhausen
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Portrait of Friedrich Adolph Carl von Holzhausen, 1789


Dimensions
53.6 x 43.0 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
1704
Acquisition
Acquired in 1923 as a bequest from Adolph von Holzhausen
Status
Not on display

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About the Acquisition

For almost 700 years, from 1245 until 1923, the Holzhausens were one of Frankfurt's most important patrician families and prominent members of the Imperial City's town council. More than thirty members of the family served as mayor on some seventy occasions. Until about 1500 the family were merchants on a large scale, but then concentrated on administering their country property and feudal lands. The death of Adolph Freiherr von Holzhausen (1866-1923) marked the end of the older branch of the family on the male side. He bequeathed to the Städel the ancestral portrait gallery of Frankfurt's Holzhausen family, which dated back to the time of the Renaissance. The portrait collection exhibits the particular charm of an ancestral gallery that has been maintained over many generations.

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Portrait of Friedrich Adolph Carl von Holzhausen
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Oil on canvas
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Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert und datiert auf dem Steinblock vorne links: G:CVrlaub / P.A.: 1789 (CV ligiert)

Property and Acquisition

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Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1923 as a bequest from Adolph von Holzhausen

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15.05.2023