Edgar Degas (1834 – Paris – 1917) Marine, Soleil Couchant, 1869 Pastel on paper, 23.5 x 31.4 cmStamped with the Degas vente stamp in red ink (Lugt 658) Provenance:Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Atelier Edgar Degas (4ème vente), 2-4 July 1919, lot 25aNunes and Figuet, ParisCaptain R. A. Peto, Isle of WightMoss S. Myers, Esq.Estate of…
Derick Baegert(c.1440 – c.1509 Wesel) The Descent from the Cross, c.1480-90Oil on an oak panel constructed of five vertical boards, the one to the very right replaced prior to 1819, 158 x 97 cm, 158 x 97 cm Provenance:Canon Franz Pick (1750-1819), Cologne/Bonn[1] (Pick also owned a second panel, the back of the present work…
Cornelis van Poelenburch(1594/5 – Utrecht – 1667) An Apostle Oil on panel, 12.8 x 9.9 cmSigned with initials upper right C.P. Provenance:Private collection, Germany Nicolette Sluijter-Seijffert has kindly confirmed the attribution after first-hand inspection of the work. Cornelis van Poelenburch is now known primarily as a landscape painter. The present painting is an example why…
Christian Friedrich Gille (Ballenstedt 1805 – 1899 Dresden) River Elbe at Übigau near Dresden, 1833 Oil on paper laid down on cardboard, 26.7 x 37.7 cmSigned, dated and inscribed lower right am 27 May 33 CG/ Ubigau nach 5 Uhr (scratched into the wet paint)On the verso with a printed label Graphisches Kabinett, Günther Franke,…