An historic Haydn portrait has been discovered in an antique shop in the United States. Here’s the full article, clumsily translated from the German:
07/18/2016, 15:33
HISTORICAL HAYDN PORTRAIT FOR LANDESMUSEUM
EISENSTADT. A sidenote a musician at the international Haydn Days 2015 brought Walter Reicher to track down the painting that he could ferret in an antique shop in the US.
SENSATIONAL FIND
The oil painting is one of three portraits, who prepared the painter Christian Ludwig Seehas 1785 by Joseph Haydn. A sensational discovery, which has been saved for Burgenland and has now been passed by the International Joseph Haydn Private Foundation Eisenstadt to the National Museum. It is one of three Seehas portraits of Haydn. The other two are in the National Museums Schwerin and since 1945 on the list of lost artworks.
EXAMINES AND RESTORED
Following the successful acquisition and the transfer of the US to Austria, gave the Haydn Foundation’s portrait for the scientific investigation and cleaning in the Picture Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The plant excellently was art history and scientifically examined and professionally cleaned and restored.
In addition to the famous Haydn-portrait of the painter Ludwig Guttenbrunn is now the portrait of Christian Ludwig Seehas the second important portrait of the composer been secured for Burgenland and the public soon accessible.
More, in English, in The Strad:
http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/haydn-portrait-discovered-in-us-antique-store/
PHOTO: Walter Reicher, secretary general of the International Joseph Haydn Private Foundation Eisenstadt, with Seehas Haydn portrait