Balthasar DENNER (1685-1749) - Lot 115

Balthasar DENNER (1685-1749) Bust portrait of an old man with a beard Oil on wood 46 x 36 cm History: Balthasar Denner (1685-1749) was a renowned German painter of the XVIIIᵉ century, celebrated for the extreme meticulousness and almost microscopic precision of his portraits. Heir to the great Flemish and Dutch tradition, he excelled in the art of depicting faces with striking naturalistic rigor, revealing every wrinkle, every nuance of complexion with remarkable fidelity. His work, marked by sobriety of composition and profound psychological intensity, bears witness to an acute attention to detail that earned him considerable recognition in the European courts of his time.