Adolf von Hildebrand
Marburg 1847 - 1921 Munich
Adolf von Hildebrand (Marburg 1847 - 1921 München)
Autumn, 1886/78
Plaster, terracotta colored
120 x 80 cm
Inscribed “Autun[no]”
Hildebrand's own children were his inspiration for many drawings and sculptures. Our relief, titled "Autun(no)" was apparently one of a series depicting the four seasons intended for a decoration in San Franceso. A further design for a relief (Esche-Braunfels cat. no. 177) shows the five children playing with their mother.
LITERATURE
Alexander Heilmeyer, Adolf von Hildebrand, Leipzig 1902, p. 54, ill. 28 (another version in plaster)
Alexander Heilmeyer, Adolf von Hildebrand, 1922, pl. 17 (The illustration shows differences from the one in Esche-Braunfels; boy without wings, fully inscribed Autunno)
Sigrid Esche-Braunfels, Adolf von Hildebrand, Berlin 1993, p. 154-155, cat. no. 176 (ill., the version in the Lenbachhaus, Munich).
PROVENANCE
Eva Hildebrand (1876-1962), as a wedding present from her father Adolf von Hildebrand when she married Carlo Sattler in 1902
Karla Mertens, 1962 (by inheritance from Eva)
Member of the Sattler family (by inheritance from Karla Mertens)