achenbach andreas german painter (1 Ergebnisse)

8vo. A total of 396½ pp. on 288 ff. (plus four unopened letters). With 24 reply letters (68¼ pp. on 48 ff.), 12 letters from Achenbach's personal circle (29 pp. on 22 ff.), a few poems by Louise (4 ff.), 2 invoices addressed to Achenbach, and 1 ms. "Protocol" (3 pp. on 2 ff., folio. Exceptional, previously unknown body of correspondence that sheds fresh light on the biography and immediate personal circle of this eminent representative of the Düsseldorf school of painting, writted during his engagement to Marie Louise Hubertine Catharine Lichtschlag (1827-89), which began with their betrothal on 29 November 1846 and ended with their marriage on 12 August 1848. - A detailed list is available on request.