A PAIR OF GERMAN SCHOOL PORTRAITS DATED 1732
Oil on canvas, depicting Dorothea Augusta Eleonora and Friedrich Hermann von der Streithorst, the giltwood frames apparently original, carved with martial trophies
Each 43 in. (109.5 cm.) high, 331⁄2 in. (85.5 cm.) wide, overall; 301⁄4 in. (77 cm.) high, 231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) wide, sight size
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Estate of Linda Loring, Boston.
Lot Essay
The now-extinct Streithorst family originated in Westphalia and later established itself in Brunswick, Magdeburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Courland. The family's name derived from its ancestral seat, Streithorst manor, in the region of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony. The Streithorsts first appear in historical records in 1304, with the mention of Gerhard von der Streithorst. From 1562 until at least 1663, the family owned Schliestedt castle and its surrounding estate, and by 1569, they had also acquired other properties in Courland. In 1631, the family was knighted and their male members were given the title of Ritter. The ennobled family flourished for the following 150 years but the male line eventually became extinct in 1768, not long after the present portrait of Friedrich Hermann von der Streithorst was painted. A descendent of the family was Axel von dem Bussche, Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst, (1919-1993), who joined the German Resistance and is now known for his involvement in multiple attempts to assassinate Hitler in 1943 and 1944.
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Oil on canvas, depicting Dorothea Augusta Eleonora and Friedrich Hermann von der Streithorst, the giltwood frames apparently original, carved with martial trophies
Each 43 in. (109.5 cm.) high, 331⁄2 in. (85.5 cm.) wide, overall; 301⁄4 in. (77 cm.) high, 231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) wide, sight size
Provenance
Estate of Linda Loring, Boston.
Lot Essay
The now-extinct Streithorst family originated in Westphalia and later established itself in Brunswick, Magdeburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Courland. The family's name derived from its ancestral seat, Streithorst manor, in the region of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony. The Streithorsts first appear in historical records in 1304, with the mention of Gerhard von der Streithorst. From 1562 until at least 1663, the family owned Schliestedt castle and its surrounding estate, and by 1569, they had also acquired other properties in Courland. In 1631, the family was knighted and their male members were given the title of Ritter. The ennobled family flourished for the following 150 years but the male line eventually became extinct in 1768, not long after the present portrait of Friedrich Hermann von der Streithorst was painted. A descendent of the family was Axel von dem Bussche, Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst, (1919-1993), who joined the German Resistance and is now known for his involvement in multiple attempts to assassinate Hitler in 1943 and 1944.
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