Christian Friedrich Gille (Ballenstedt 1805 – 1899 Dresden) Underbrush by a Stream, Dresden c.1830/35 Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard, 25.4 x 33.2 cmAnnotated on the verso in pencil Gille Authenticated by Mr. and Mrs. Spitzer The present oil study by Christian Friedrich Gille can be dated to the early 1830s. Stylistically it is…
Christian Daniel Rauch(Arolsen 1777 – 1857 Dresden) A Portrait Relief of Elisabeth, Crown Princess of Prussia, 1834-7 Carrara marble, 34.2 x 35.7 cm without base, height 52.4 cm with base.Incised inscription inlaid with blue mineral paste ELISABETH KRONPRZS. V. PREUSSEN Provenance:Private collection, Germany The existence of the present Carrara marble portrait relief was unknown to…
Charles-François Eustache (Paris 1820 – 1870 Cherbourg) Landscape in the Orient, 1840s Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, 28 x 42.4 cmOn the verso the stamp of the studio sale vente d’atelier Ch. Eustache Provenance:Charles-François Eustache studio sale Charles-François Eustache was financially independent, so his artistic career was unaffected by considerations of having to…
Two Works based on the Photograph of Le Joueur d’orgue barbarie: Charles Nègre (1820 – Grasse – 1880) Le Joueur d’orgue barbarie – The Organ-Grinder, 1853 Oil and red chalk on paper, 22.5 x 16.5 cm Provenance: The Nègre family collection Exhibited: Real /Ideal: Photography in France 1847-1860, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 30 August…