Lot 328: CHRISTIAN SEYBOLD MAINZ 1690 OR 1697 - 1768 VIENNA

CHRISTIAN SEYBOLD MAINZ 1690 OR 1697 - 1768 VIENNA

A PORTRAIT OF A MAN, HEAD AND SHOULDERS;
A PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, HEAD AND SHOULDERS

measurements note
the former: 47.4 by 38.8 cm.; 18 5/8 by 15 1/4 in. the latter: 48 by 39.8 cm.; 18 7/8 by 15 5/8 in.

a pair, both signed and dated lower right: Christ: Seibold/ p: 1752.

both oil on canvas

Quantity: 2

NOTE

Supposedly self-taught, Seybold began his career as a portrait painter in the formal Baroque style before falling under the influence of Balthasar Denner whose genre figures and realistic depictions of men and women lured Seybold into painting with greater sensitivity. As exemplified by the present works, Christian Seybold imbued his portraits of both himself and others with a deep sense of honesty and realism, setting himself apart from his peers elsewhere in Europe, and gaining himself the position of Court Painter at both the Imperial and Saxon courts.