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…
Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (Bordeaux 1790 – 1870 Boulogne-sur-Mer) View of Rome from the Janiculum Hill, with Castel Sant’Angelo and the Church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, c.1821-5 Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard, 14.5 x 20.6 cm Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin was widely feted in his own lifetime by an international public but…
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 (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…