File:Richard Wagner by Caesar Willich ca 1862.jpg

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Summary

Cäsar Willich: Portrait of Richard Wagner (

)

Artist

Cäsar Willich (1825–1886)
Alternative names	Cesar Willich; Caesar Willich; Cäser Willich
Description	German painter, artist, genre painter and portrait painter
Date of birth/death	11 November 1825	15 July 1886
Location of birth/death	Frankenthal	Munich
Work location	Cologne (1861); Vienna (1868); Munich
Authority file	: Q19283283 VIAF: 295516632 ISNI: 0000000400038260 ULAN: 500065678 GND: 117393754 RKD: 84759

Title

Portrait of Richard Wagner

Object type

painting

Date

circa 1862

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

64 × 34.6 cm (25.1 × 13.6 in)

Collection

Museums Reiss-Engelhorn

	Native name	Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen (rem)
	Location	Mannheim, Germany
	Coordinates	49° 29′ 20.04″ N, 8° 27′ 43.63″ E
	Established	UnknownUnknown
	Website	rem-mannheim.de
	Authority file	: Q468496 VIAF: 142296537 ISNI: 0000000121724700 LCCN: no2003028194 GND: 10040527-7 SUDOC: 081290888 WorldCat

Place of creation

Biebrich

Notes

Den Auftrag für das Porträt gab Otto Wesendonck im Sommer 1862. Es entstand in den von Wagner in Biebrich für seine Arbeit an den Meistersingern gemieteten Räumen.

References

wesendonck.blogspot.de
zeno.org

Source/Photographer

Karin von Welck (Hrsg.): Sammelleidenschaft, Mäzenatentum und Kunstförderung. Kostbarkeiten aus dem Museum für Kunst-, Stadt- und Theatergeschichte im Reiß-Museum der Stadt Mannheim. Braus, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-89466-039-2.

Other versions

File:Portrait of Richard Wagner.png

by Caesar Willich 1862, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig
by Caesar Willich 1860, Stadtmuseum Bonn
Derivative works of this file:

Photographer	Jean Christen (Hausfotograf der Reiß-Engelhorn-Museen)
Date	1992 date QS:P571,+1992-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source	Karin von Welck (Hrsg.): Sammelleidenschaft, Mäzenatentum und Kunstförderung. Kostbarkeiten aus dem Museum für Kunst-, Stadt- und Theatergeschichte im Reiß-Museum der Stadt Mannheim. Braus, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-89466-039-2.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:35, 5 January 2019	2,213 × 2,666 (1.85 MB)	Yann	Reverted to version as of 16:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
	16:34, 5 January 2019	640 × 400 (6 KB)	Yann	Hiding original uploader
	16:28, 21 October 2006	2,213 × 2,666 (1.85 MB)	(Username or IP removed)	Cäsar Willich (1825–1886): Porträt Richard Wagner, Biebrich, c. 1862 Oil on canvas, 64 x 34.6 cm Gallery: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim {{PD-Art}} Source: ''Sammelleidenschaft, Mäzenatentum und Kunstförderung. Kostbarkeiten aus dem Museum fü