Johann Friedrich Overbeck
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Johann Friedrich Overbeck #6,288Established

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personGerman, 1789–1869
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Selected Works10

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Philip Neri with Cross and Book
Saint Philip Neri with Cross and Book, 1826
Acquired 2013
Etching on wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Kneeling Pilgrim with Cross and Book
Kneeling Pilgrim with Cross and Book, 1826
Acquired 2013
Etching on white wove paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
St. Philip Neri
St. Philip Neri, 1826
Acquired 2006
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Cleveland Museum of Art
A Praying Monk
A Praying Monk, 1826
Acquired 2006
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Previous Sales

Villa Grisebach
Mary before the Annunciation
Mary before the Annunciation, 1815
$17,403
Nov 2025
Christie's
The Banishment of Hagar
The Banishment of Hagar
£581,000 ($767k USD)
Dec 2016

For Sale

J. Paul Getty Museum · Artsy
Head of a Man
Head of a Man, 1820
For sale
Graphite on brownish paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Philip Neri, 1826
For sale
Etching with engraving on chine collé
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels
Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels
For sale
Graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Praying Monk
Praying Monk, 1826
For sale
Etching with drypoint on chine collé
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Saint Philip Neri with Cross and Book
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.415 · Etching on wove paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Kneeling Pilgrim with Cross and Book
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.416 · Etching on white wove paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Head of a Bearded Man
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2009 · Accession 2009.203 · Black chalk
Purchase, Charles-Noël van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2009
Left Arm and Shoulders of a Man Seen from the Back
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession 2008.490 · Graphite
Purchase, Sotheby's Inc. Gift, 2008
A Drapery Study of a Seated Man
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession 2008.489 · Graphite
Purchase, Susan H. Seidel Gift, 2008
Christ Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2007 · Accession 2007.109 · Lithograph on chine collé
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2007
St. Philip Neri
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2006 · Accession 2006.175 · etching
L. E. Holden Fund
A Praying Monk
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2006 · Accession 2006.174 · etching
L. E. Holden Fund
Praying Monk
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession 2005.19.3 · etching with drypoint on chine collé
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Joseph Sold into Slavery by his Brothers
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2002 · Accession M.2002.229 · Lithograph
Gift of Herman and Ruth Engel
Saint Philip Neri
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.135.6 · etching with engraving on chine collé
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Christ and the Virgin with Music-Making Angels
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 1984 · Accession 1984.3.21 · graphite on wove paper
Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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Market87 auction results

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$17.4K – $17.4K
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$17.4K
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$17.4K
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Nov 2025 · $17.4K
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Works on paper: $17.4K median
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Winterberg KunstSotheby'sGalerie BassengeNagel AuktionenChristie's
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death
Johann Friedrich Overbeck dies
Jan 1, 1869
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birth
Johann Friedrich Overbeck born
Jan 1, 1789