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    Artist

  • König, Heribert, 1820-1876

    • Title

  • Caricature of Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882)

  • Physical Description

    Watercolor : ink, watercolor and pencil on paper ; 11.6" x 8.9" ; 30 x 23 cm

  • Date

    1854

  • Summary

    The novelist is shown full length in profile, with a big paunch and short legs, but with a high forehead. Inscription at the lower right: "Auerbach for a China cabinet. Draft for a national monument" and dated Leipzig, 17th May, 54.

  • Depicted

    Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882

  • Subject

    Authors; Caricatures and cartoons

  • Genre

    Portraits; Caricatures

  • Medium

    Drawings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Berthold Auberbach – born as Moses Baruch in Nordstetten, Württemberg in 1812 - was a Jewish German novelist and essayist, who devoted much time to the cause of emancipation. He died in Cannes, France in 1882.

Herbert König was born in Dresden in 1820 and studied at the Dresdner Kunstakadamie. He worked in several German cities as an illustrator and portraitist until he settled in Saxony, where he died in 1876.

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Citation

König, Heribert: Caricature of Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882), Leo Baeck Institute, 78.379.