feeding swans

paulkyriakides · September 14th, 2011, 12:20 AM

A close up photo of this painting.
The painting is very old and not signed.
The painting is of 3 ladies one is feeding two swans.
Can somebody please help me to identify the artist

October 27th, 2011, 05:55 PM

This is part of a painting by a German painter Hopfgarten. The original was hanging in a side building in the parc of Sanssousi in Potdam until the 1920s. That building and it´s entire content burned down completely in the middle of that decade. So the original was lost in the fire, therefore unfortunately you won´t be able to compare your picture with the original. By the time the painting burned it had understandably lost the appreciation of the public. Friedrich Wilhelm III, who had bought the painting did not have the same erudite taste as his son, the later Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In general one can say that all prussian kings did not have the finest taste in painting. There strenght was rather architecture.

saintmarc · 12:54 PM

Many thanks, we already know the name
http://www.artconversation.com/quest...ght=hopfgarten
http://forum.findartinfo.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8244
But It would be cool if you -unregistered- quote the source you get your informations from, especially for the presence of this painting in this building

October 28th, 2011, 12:47 PM	#3
saintmarc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 347	Many thanks, we already know the name http://www.artconversation.com/quest...ght=hopfgarten http://forum.findartinfo.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8244 But It would be cool if you -unregistered- quote the source you get your informations from, especially for the presence of this painting in this building Last edited by saintmarc : October 28th, 2011 at 12:54 PM.

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October 27th, 2011, 05:55 PM	#2
Unregistered Posts: n/a	This is part of a painting by a German painter Hopfgarten. The original was hanging in a side building in the parc of Sanssousi in Potdam until the 1920s. That building and it´s entire content burned down completely in the middle of that decade. So the original was lost in the fire, therefore unfortunately you won´t be able to compare your picture with the original. By the time the painting burned it had understandably lost the appreciation of the public. Friedrich Wilhelm III, who had bought the painting did not have the same erudite taste as his son, the later Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In general one can say that all prussian kings did not have the finest taste in painting. There strenght was rather architecture.