German sculptor (1823-1915). Autograph signature. Rome. Oblong 8vo (postcard). ½ page.
$ 192 / 180 €
(84408/BN54913)
Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau. - Born in Kassel, Gerhardt followed his teacher Johann Werner Henschel to Rome in 1844, where he lived until shortly before his death. He created a large oeuvre in classicist style, the majority of which is today located in Kassel. - Traces of a small oval postal stamp. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.