Hans von Marées
1837 - 1887
Löwenjagd (verso: Weiblicher Akt). Wohl 1880s.
Sanguine.
On brownish wove paper (with the watermark of Canson & Montgolfier, Vidalon-Les-Annonay). 48 x 62.5 cm (18.8 x 24.6 in), size of sheet.
In July 1884, von Marées traveled to Leipzig, where he was probably inspired by Viktor zur Helle's depiction of a lion hunt in the painter's studio to create his own works. A few years later, von Marées worked on his last painting before his death: a depiction of an Amazon battle (Meier-Graefe 1000) with rearing horses, which could also be related to the drawing offered here (cf. Julius Meier-Graefe (ed.), Hans von Marées. His Life and Work, vol. 2, Munich 1909, pp. 527f. and 602f.). [CH].

• Hans von Marées spent a large part of his life in Italy, where he created figurative works influenced by antiquity, using them to visualize the great themes of human life: love, struggle, and death.
• Similar red chalk drawings by the artist are now part of important museum collections, including the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) of the Dresden State Art Collections, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) of the Berlin State Museums..

PROVENANCE: Private collection Günther Förg (acquired in 2008).

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