Nathaniel Sichel

Nathaniel Sichel (GERMAN, 1843-1907) A beauty holding a bouquet of roses by a lake signed 'N Sichel' (upper left) oil on canvas 18¾ x 26 5/8 in. (47.7 x 68 cm.) Nathaniel Sichel studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich from 1859 to 1862. In 1863 Sichel won the prestigious Italian prize and ensuing travel scholarship for his painting titled "Joseph Explains the Dreams of the Pharaoh" and established himself as an outstanding Orientalist painter. Having returned to Germany he became active as a portrait painter. Works of Sichel can be viewed in various German museums. His "beauties" were often reproduced by artists of Berlin Royal porcelain manufactory "KPM".

Nathanael Sichel (Mainz 1843-1907 Berlin) OrientalBeauty with a Basket of Roses, signed N. Sichel, on the reverse remains of an adhesive label inscribedArnot, Gemälde Salon, Kärntner Straße, oil on canvas, 92 x 54.5 cm, framed, (Rei) Specialist: Mag. Dimitra Reimüller

LOT 165 PROPERTY OF A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR - NATHANIEL SICHEL GERMAN, 1843 - 1907 JUDITH 8,000—12,000 GBP measurements 180 by 111cm., 71 by 43¾in. Description signed N. Sichel upper right oil on canvas PROVENANCE Inherited by the present owner in 1984 EXHIBITED Berlin, Berliner akademische Kunstausstellung, 1890London, Deutsche Kunstausstellung, 1891Bremen, Kunstverein Bremen, no. 350On loan to the Gemäldegalerie Kassel throughout the 1980s and1990s LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehntenJahrhunderts, vol. II /2, p. 745, no. 26 (as Judith mit dem Schwertin der Scheide, das sie mit beiden Händen hält, ihr zur Seite dieMagd)

NATHANIEL SICHEL (1843-1907) - THREE BEAUTIES -
Mis: 57 by 33 1/2 in. 144.8 by 85 cm
signed N. Sichel (lower left) oil on canvas

PROVENANCE
Private Collection (circa 1965) Thence by descent to the present owner

CATALOGUE NOTE
Rather than an exact representation of Middle Eastern life, Sichel, like many of his contemporaries, used elments of the culture to explore the aethetic possiblities of exotic costume, elaborate settings, and beautiful women. The present work with its trio of lovely women is emblematic of the artist's oeuvre which most often featured female figures somewhat seductively posed, painted with a fine brush and exacting attention to alluring detail.