Noble Lady Drinking Coffee, Large Old Master Painting, 1750, from the famous Klaus J. Jacobs (Jacobs Coffee) Collection

Description

German or bohemian master of the 18th century.
elegant lady drinking coffee
oil on canvas (lined)
size: 85x117cm
frame: 100 … more German or bohemian master of the 18th century.
elegant lady drinking coffee
oil on canvas (lined)
size: 85x117cm
frame: 100 x 133 cm

provenance:
jacobs suchard museum, zurich
lempertz, cologne
private collection frankfurt am main

about the collector:

klaus j. Jacobs was the heir to a large fortune, a patron and an enthusiastic horse breeder. Above all, klaus jacobs was an important representative of the economy, whose name is associated with three large companies. The sporty man never just wanted to manage the assets of the bremen coffee dynasty.
in may 1989 he paid off his three siblings and became the sole shareholder of the colima family holding company. It was located in switzerland, where jacobs moved his center of life in the mid-1970s and where a museum in the center of zurich commemorates his family and their coffee tradition. The confederation also became the entrepreneurial center. Jacobs acquired the chocolate company interfood with the illustrious names suchard, milka and toblerone and combined them with his own coffee brand.
at the time, the new company was the third largest food company in europe. The company was founded out of the belief that the industry would rapidly globalize. As true as this was, it soon became clear that jacobs suchard ag could not keep up; an attempt to acquire rowntree mackintosh in great britain failed. Jacobs had the painful experience of having overextended himself financially.
in june 1990, at the age of 54, the patron sold jacobs suchard to the american giant philip morris in a spectacular transaction for 3.4 billion francs. But klaus jacobs didn't retreat into his private life - he stayed in the industry. He wanted to know again. With the financial cushion behind him, he formed barry callebaut in zurich into what is now the world market leader for raw chocolate. Jacobs also took first place at adecco ag, which, as a key founder, he made into the industry leader in temporary employment. In her case, the family is the largest shareholder, in barry callebaut's case the controlling shareholder.
klaus j. Jacobs (born december 3, 1936 in bremen; † september 11, 2008 in küsnacht) was one of the most important entrepreneurial personalities in europe. His extraordinary commitment to promoting education and science is well known. But he also loved the arts and was always curious about the materials and messages associated with the objects. At the same time, he was concerned with socio-political questions, which ultimately led him to found the jacobs foundation in zurich.
in 1984, klaus j. Jacobs launched a very special art collection: the collection of the jacobs suchard museum in zurich. Jacobs was concerned with coming to terms with the european product history of coffee and so he put together a remarkable collection of artifacts from the cultural history of coffee.
parts of this collection, such as the painting offered here, were auctioned at the lempertz auction house in 2017 less