Image: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
The episode belongs to the podcast ‘Kunstsnack’ and has a running time of 12 minutes and 12 seconds.
Art comedian Jakob Schwerdtfeger explains what the work has to do with hay fever and what compelling provenance story lies behind the picture.
The portrait depicts Heinrich Freiherr von Welck, identified as the friend of the artist Alexander Kanoldt. Kanoldt is thus named as the artist who portrayed von Welck, while von Welck is the person represented in the portrait.
The image is presented as a possible poster motif for an agent film because the depicted man wears his hat pulled low over his face and consequently appears mysterious.
