Friedrich Preller the Elder Eisenach 1804 – 1878 Weimar In der römischen Campagna (Ruth und Boas).

In der römischen Campagna (Ruth und Boas). 1875

Oil on canvas. Relined. 100,5 × 148,5 cm. (39 ⅝ × 58 ½ in.) Monogrammed lower right (the „F“ laterally reversed), dated and inscribed: 18 FP 75 Weimar. There again monogrammed (the „F“ laterally reversed) and dated: 18 FP 75. Catalogue raisonné: The painting will be included by Uwe Steinbrück, Jena, in the catalogue raisonné of Friedrich Preller the Elder. Retouchings. [3334] Framed
Provenance: Hermann Böhlau, Weimar (painted in 1875 on behalf of Böhlau, until 1900) / Helene Böhlau, daughter of Hermann Böhlau, Weimar (1900 until 1940) / Private Collection, Thuringia (since 2015)
Literature and Illustration: Otto Roquette: Friedrich Preller. Ein Lebensbild. Frankfurt, Rütten & Loening, 1883, p. 329 / Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. 4 volumes. Third, unmodified reprint, Hofheim am Taunus, H. Schmidt & C. Günther, 1979 (first Fr. v. Boetticher's publishing house, Dresden 1891–1901), second vol. (first half), p. 313, no 105 / Julius Gensel: Friedrich Preller d. Ä. Bielefeld und Leipzig, Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 (= artists's monographs, ed. by H. Knackfuß a.o., vol. LXIX), p. 128 / Ina Weinrautner: Friedrich Preller d. Ä. (1804–1878). Leben und Werk. Münster, LIT Verlag, 1997 (= Bonn, Univ., Diss., 1996), no 354
Exhibition: Ausstellung von Werken des Professors Friedrich Preller (1804-1878). Berlin, Königliche National-Galerie, 1879, cat. no. 166