Objekt 16
Double portrait of children Johannes and Wilhelm Leonhard Bernoulli
Description
In addition to the then popular motif of the butterfly hunter, this snapshot shows an interest in nature. The brothers were able to find inspiration in Bernoulli's "in-house" natural history collection, which has formed the basis of the Natural History Museum since 1830.
Object description
Painter: Giovanni Moriggia (1796-1878)
Basel, around 1840
Oil on canvas
Legacy Dr. h.c. Wilhelm Bernoulli Prize, Greifensee
Inv. 1991.162.