The standard-bearer

The standard-bearer
(Der Bannertrager)
 (c. 1882)

Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
38.4 × 25.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Germany
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: C. Seiler. (underlined)
Accession Number
p.310.5-1
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1884
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
columns (architectural elements) elderly flags men (male humans) moustaches plumes (ornaments) sashes (costume accessories) standard-bearers
Provenance
With French Gallery (dealer), London, c. 1876–1884; brought by Henry Wallis, French Gallery proprietor, to Melbourne for exhibition, 1884; from where purchased for the NGV, 1884.

Frame

To date the only example in the collection of inlaid wood used as a decorative technique for a frame. The frame uses two different tones of gold to create a running leaf pattern on the flat. The pattern is formed within lines incised into the gesso and is continuous around the corners, centred at the top and bottom. The inlaid wood section, also matched at the corners, uses thick mahogany and rosewood veneers to create the pattern.
Both the form and the structure of the frame are unusual. The depth of the outer edge relative to the overall width gives the frame a solid, box-like appearance.
The painting is housed mid-way through the section giving the frame a relatively flat relationship to the picture plane.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Cole Bros.

2 Percy Street, Rathbone Place, London
Date
c.1882
Materials

timber base, gold leaf, wooden inlay, composition

Frame Condition

original condition with some losses to the surface

Dimensions
over all 63 x 51 x 7.5 cm sight size 37.5 x 25.5cm

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