Adolph von Menzel (Breslau 1815 – 1905 Berlin)
Portrait of writer Paul Heyse's Mother on her Deathbed
1862
pencil on paper
18,6 x 23,3 cm
inscribed in the artist's hand below right in pencil: "Paul Heyse's Mutter"
The Daulton Collection
Provenance: from the artist's estate (with his estate stamp on the reverse)
The writer and playwright Paul Heyse (1830 Berlin - 1914 Munich) belonged to Menzel's inner circle of friends. Heyse's mother, Julie Heyse (1822-1862), nee Saaling, was a distant relative (cousin) of composer Felix Mendelssohn's mother.
