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Black chalk, hightening
in white chalk, 251 x 79 mm, signed at the bottom right: »CHarnisch«.
This ornament in the style of Italian Renaissance might have been
intended as a first draft of a walldecoration.
The head of Janus at the bottom, which symbolizes tragedy and comedy
and other motives seem to belong to the world of theater.
Beyond that, a certain closeness to Friedrich Schinkel's (1781 – 1841)
decorative style and Harnisch's relations to the Prussian Court, could
be a hint to Schinkel's design for interiors, as the Theater at the
Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin or the Kursaal at Bad Lauchstädt.
In 1820, 1824, 1828 and 1832 Harnisch exhibited at the Academy of Art
Exhibitions. His drawings were appreciated by the famous collector C.F.
von Ruhmohr (1785 Dresden 1843). He received commisions by Prince
Friedrich Wilhelm (IV) and Count A. Raczynski.
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