Portrait of the Painter Jakob Nussbaum, Ottilie W. Roederstein
Ottilie W. Roederstein
Portrait of the Painter Jakob Nussbaum
DE
Back to top

Ottilie W. Roederstein

Portrait of the Painter Jakob Nussbaum, 1909


Dimensions
87 x 61.0 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
SG 135
Acquisition
Acquired in 1910 with funds provided by the Pfungst-Stiftung
Status
Not on display

Texts

About the Work

The portrait shows Ottilie W. Roederstein’s friend and colleague Jakob Nussbaum. The brush and his palette clearly identify him as a painter. The painting is characterised by free brushwork and bright colours. In the same year, Nussbaum produced a portrait of Roederstein, in which he captured her life-size in a summer landscape; this work is also in the collection of the museum (Inv. SG 243). Roederstein and Nussbaum were active together in the Frankfurt-Cronberg artists’ association, which was influenced by painting en plain air as the French Impressionists did. They aimed at promoting it in Germany as well. This influence can be clearly felt in Roederstein’s portrait of Nussbaum. At the same time, it marks the zenith and end of her Impressionist phase, as, a short time later, the artists’ association dissolved and Roederstein adopted a more objective, two-dimensional, linear style.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Portrait of the Painter Jakob Nussbaum
Painter
Production Place
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Monogrammed bottom left: OWR (ligature)
Monogrammed and dated on back in purple: OWR 1909
Work Catalogues
  • Roek 1999, WVZ Nr. 798
  • Jughenn, WVZ Nr. 1909-11

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1910 with funds provided by the Pfungst-Stiftung

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
Persons Shown

Iconclass

Primary
  • 48C513(+1) portrait, self-portrait of painter (+ artist at work)
  • 61B2(NUSSBAUM, Jakob)11(+54) historical person (NUSSBAUM, Jakob) - historical person (NUSSBAUM, Jakob) portrayed alone (+ three-quarter length portrait)
Secondary

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859-1937), Hofheim
Verkauf an die Stadt Frankfurt am Main, 1910 (erworben mit Mitteln der Pfungst-Stiftung).

Information

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

Ideally, the provenance information documents an object’s origins from the time it was created until the date when it found its way into the collection. It contains the following details, provided they are known:

  • the type of acquisition and/or the way the object changed hands
  • the owner's name and place of residence
  • the date on which it changed hands

The successive ownership records are separated from each other by a semicolon.

Gaps in the record of a provenance are indicated by the placeholder “…”. Unsupported information is listed in square brackets.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the museum at .

More to discover

Contact

Do you have any suggestions, questions or information about this work?

Last update

08.12.2023