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Carl Seiler
The standard-bearer (Der Bannertrager) (c. 1882)
oil on wood panel
38.4 × 25.9 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1884
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The standard-bearer
(Der Bannertrager)
(c. 1882)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
38.4 × 25.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1884
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Germany
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: C. Seiler. (underlined)
Accession Number
p.310.5-1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
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