Otto Gerstenberg

German, 1848 - 1935

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob Haaringh (Young Haaringh) (Pieter Haaringh), 1655, etching, drypoint and burin on japan paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.291

Jacob Haaringh (Young Haaringh) (Pieter Haaringh)

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1655 · etching, drypoint and burin on japan paper ·  Accession ID  1952.8.291

Seven people with cream-white skin crowd together, sitting at or standing among tables in an interior space in this vertical painting. The composition is dominated by shades of blue and pale green. On the right side and closest to us, a woman sits opposite a man at a butter-yellow table, both facing our left in profile. The table extends in from the right, almost halfway up the canvas. The pair are shown from the knees up and span most of the height of the painting. The woman wears a long, teal-blue jacket over a peanut-brown skirt and a frilled cap topped with a pine-green bow. The man wears an olive-green bowler and cinnamon-brown coat, and rests one arm on the table. Two glasses sit on the table in front of them. In the center of the painting, a woman wearing a long, black coat stands on the far side of the table, her head nearly reaching the top edge of the composition. Her body is angled slightly to our right and she gazes off in that direction. Beyond her is another table with two men partly obscured by the couple in front of us. One sitting at the table has flame-red hair topped with a round cap, and a portion of his aqua and peacock-blue striped jacket is visible. Near him, another person in a dark garment with a high collar stands with their back to us, most of the head cropped by the top edge. Along the left side, two women stand one behind the other with their backs to us. The woman closest to us looks away, wearing a short, parchment-white jacket over an aquamarine-blue skirt. The jacket is belted at the waist and the collar, upper back, and long cuffs are rust red. The woman beyond her turns her head to our right in profile, and wears a light blue jacket and pale green skirt. The features and clothing of each person in the scene is outlined in charcoal gray. The artist signed the painting in the upper right corner, “HTLautrec,” with the H, T, and L interlocking to make a monogram.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892, oil on cardboard, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.67

A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1892 · oil on cardboard ·  Accession ID  1963.10.67

Rembrandt van Rijn, Christ Presented to the People: Oblong Plate, 1655, drypoint, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1863

Christ Presented to the People: Oblong Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1655 · drypoint ·  Accession ID  1964.8.1863

Constantin Guys, The Queen, watercolor and graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.47

The Queen

Constantin Guys · · watercolor and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.47

Rembrandt van Rijn, Woman with the Arrow, 1661, etching, drypoint and burin on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.2.62

Woman with the Arrow

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1661 · etching, drypoint and burin on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1944.2.62

Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Asselijn, c. 1647, etching, drypoint and burin, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.2.61

Jan Asselijn

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1647 · etching, drypoint and burin ·  Accession ID  1944.2.61

Bibliography

1986

  • Adriani, Götz. Toulouse-Lautrec, The Complete Graphic Works: A Catalogue Raisonné. The Gerstenberg Collection. London, 1986:12.

1995

  • Kostenevich, Albert. Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces and Other Important French Paintings Preserved by The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. New York, 1995:17-18

1996

  • Pucks, Stefan. "Von Manet zu Matisse: Die Sammler der französischen Moderne in Berlin um 1900," in Manet bis van Gogh: Hugo von Tschudi und der Kampf um die Moderne. Exh. cat. Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1996:388

2001

  • Gaehtgens, Thomas W. and Julietta Scharf, "Die Sammlung Otto Gerstenberg in Berlin," in Die Moderne und Ihre Sammler: Französische Kunst in Deutschem Privatbesitz. Berlin, 2001:149-184

2005

  • Kuhrau, Sven. Der Kunstsammler im Kaiserreich: Kunst und Repräsentation in der Berliner Privatsammlerkultur. Kiel, 2005:39-45, 274.