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  • Robert Zünd – SOLD

    Robert Zünd(1827 – Lucerne – 1909) Study of Clouds, 1862 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 28 cmDated lower right 20. Aug. 62 Provenance:Private collection, Switzerland.   Clearly the best thing is just to paint from nature.1(Robert Zünd in a letter to the painter Rudolf Koller dated 2 May 1852, Paris) From the 1850s onwards, Robert…

  • Pietro Antonio Rotari – SOLD

    Pietro Antonio Rotari(Verona 1707 – 1762 St. Petersburg) Russian Girl with a Muff, 1752-6 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 34.5 cm Provenance:Commissioned by: either Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, daughter of August III, Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn or Earl Ignaz Accoramboni.[1]Private collection, Germany   Professor Gregor Weber of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, has kindly…

  • Pietro Antonio Rotari – SOLD

    Pietro Antonio Rotari (Verona 1707 – 1762 St. Petersburg) Boy Sleeping, Dresden, 1753-6 Oil on canvas, 43.5 x 34 cm Provenance:In all probability commissioned by Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)Galerie Adrien Guéry, ParisPrivate collection, France (since 1917) Professor Gregor Weber of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of…