Jakob Philipp Hackert(Prenzlau 1737 – 1807 San Piero di Careggi, Florenz) An Ox in a Landscape Oil on copper, 29.5 x 38.5 cm Provenance:Bo Wildenstam, Stockholm 1971 (labelled on the verso);Private collection, Scandinavia;Private collection, New York. We are grateful to Dr. Claudia Nordhoff, Rome, for her evaluation of the painting, dated 4 February 2013, which…
Antoine Chazal, attr.(1793 – Paris – 1854) A Pumpkin Oil on canvas, 32 x 38 cm Provenance:Private collection, France;Private collection, New York. Painting in life-size on a relatively small canvas, Antoine Chazal has succeeded in depicting a pumpkin in an arresting and unconventional way. The composition is carefully composed. The pumpkin is placed in a…
Peder Balke(Hedemarken, Norway 1804 – 1887 Oslo) Vardøhus Fortress, Stormy Sea, 1844 Oil on canvas, 12 x 16.5 cmSigned and dated lower right Balke/1844On the verso an inscription reading: aus einem Gedenkalbum für Louise Franke von 1844. Provenance:Louise Franke, Dresden, 1844;Vienna, Christie’s, Mauerbach Benefit Sale, October 29, 1996, lot 299;Daniel Katz Gallery, London, 2014;Private collection,…
Peder Balke (Hedemarken, Norway 1804 – 1887 Oslo) Old Trees, c. 1845-9 Oil on paper mounted on cardboard, 14 x 18.2 cm Provenance: Asbjørn Lunde (1927-2017), New York. Exhibited: – Peder Balke: Visjon og revolusjon, Tromsø, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, 2014, no. 18, repr. p. 137; – Paintings by Peder Balke, London, National Gallery, 2014-2015, no. 16,…