Otto Speckter 1807 – Hamburg – 1871

1807 – Hamburg – 1871
”Ritt durch einen Wald am Wasser” (+ 6 supplements).
Pen in black ink, grey-black washed, over pencil on paper. 26,7 × 37,5 cm (36,4 × 46,6 cm). (10 ½ × 14 ¾ in. (14 ⅜ × 18 ⅜ in.)) Catalogue raisonné: Braunfels 585. Supplements: 1) Unknown: "Vitalienbrüder" (3 studies on paper, mounted together on light brown cardboard, 39,2 × 58 cm). A) pencil, 32,7 × 19,4 cm. Loss upper right: 10 × 4 cm. B) brush and pen and India ink as well as pencil, 32,4 × 17,8 cm. C) pencil, 32,5 × 15,5 cm. 2) Otto Speckter: The Tin Soldier (3 small studies, each in the upper margin laid down on cardboard) a) "Der standhafte Zinnsoldat und die Tänzerin". Circa 1847. Pen and black ink, grey and brown washed, on paper. 5,2 × 7,2 cm. Braunfels 182. B) "Der Zinnsoldat in der Gosse". Circa 1847. Pen in black ink, washed in brown and grey, on paper. 8,3 × 7,1 cm. Braunfels 181. C) "Der Zinnsoldat und die Tänzerin im Feuer". Circa 1847. Pen in black ink, brown washed, on paper. 6,7 × 6,3 cm. Braunfels 183. 3) Hans Speckter: Title page St Johannis monastery (2 sheets, arranged vertically, laid down on grey-green, light cardboard, 46,8 × 31 cm). A) pen and brush in India ink over lead pencil on paper, 9,9 × 21,4 cm. B) pen and brush in India ink as well as pencil on paper, 25,5 × 21,7 cm. 4) Hans Speckter (?): Head and arm studies of a young man (two-sided). Pencil on grey laid paper, 23,9 × 31,3 cm. 5) Hans Speckter (?): Head and leg studies of a girl. Pencil on thin paper, on the reverse in the margin firmly mounted on grey-green cardboard. 27,5 × 26,6 cm (32 × 30,4 cm). 6) Hans Volkerti: Girl's head in profile to the left. Etching on Japan paper, 17,6 × 15,6 cm (25,9 × 25,9 cm). Somewhat stained with brown. On the reverse at corners firmly mounted on brown paper..

Provenance
Collection of the Hamburg artist family Speckter