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LOVIS CORINTH
Tapiau, East Prussia (now Gvardeysk, Russia) 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort (Holland)
Portrait of the Sculptor Nikolaus Friedrich
Oil on canvas; 1912.
Signed and dated lower left in black in the image: LOVIS CORINTH 1912.
Verso on the stretcher distinguished exhibition labels such as New Burlington Galleries, London (Modern German Art, no. 51) and Tate, London (as ‘possible purchase’); stamped twice by Schonemann Galleries, New York.
101.7 x 81 cm
SOLD
BERTEL THORVALDSEN
1770 - Copenhagen - 1844
Portrait Bust of a Young Woman with a Tiara
Sculpture carved from a block of white Carrara marble; 1830s.
Height: 48.9 cm
SOLD
EMIL ORLIK
1870 Prague - Berlin 1932
Street Scene with Strollers in front of an illuminated Window, Paris
Gouache, watercolour and pastel on cardboard. Probably executed c.1898.
Monogrammed in the lower right: EO.
335 x 483 mm
SOLD to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Johann Heinrich Lips
1758 Kloten - Zurich 1817
Ulysses, to the Doors of Hades, meets the Shades of Tiresias and Anticlea
Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash.
Signed and dated lower left: Joh. H. Lips inv: e fec: Roma 1785.
454 x 670 mm
SOLD to The Art Institute of Chicago
Pierre-Jean David, genannt David d'Angers
1788 Angers - Paris 1856
Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich
Bronze. Signed and dated David 1834 and inscribed C. D. Friedrich Mahler; contemporary cast. Bearing a number „321“ and with the foundry mark „Eck et Durand“ on verso.
Diameter 17,5 cm
SOLD to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
George Romney
1734 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire - Kendal, Cumbria 1802
Fight between two Classical Warriors on Horseback (The Fight between Hector and Ajax)
Pencil, pen and black ink, grey wash on wove paper.
410 x 549 mm.
SOLD to the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
1702 Ebbs - Augsburg 1761
Jonah Preaching at Nineveh
Pen and brown ink, black and grey wash, heightened with white, on blue prepared paper, with black ink framing lines.
180 x 291 mm
SOLD to the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Jacobus Cornelis Wijnandus, called Ko Cossaar
1874 Amsterdam - The Haguie 1966
Portrait of Kees van Dongen
Conté crayon on grey hand-made paper; executed c.1909.
Signed lower right: J. Cossaar and inscribed mon ami Kees van Dongen; countersigned Kees van Dongen lower left. 500 x 327 mm
SOLD to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Franz Ludwig Catel
1778 Berlin - Rome 1856
View of the Colosseum by Night, in the Foreground a Monk and a Traveller
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas; circa 1825-35.
21.4 x 15.7 cm
Sold to the Fondation Custodia, Paris
Jan (Jean) Dedina
1870 Straky - Tatobity 1955
Robert de Montesquiou inspiré par sa Muse
Brown and black ink, with gouache; c.1897.
Signed lower left: J Dedina.
350 x 235 mm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Johan Thomas Lundbye
1818 Kalundborg - Bedsted 1848
Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord
Pen and black ink, pencil and watercolour on paper; 1839.
Signed in pen and black ink Johan Thomas Lundbye, dated Dec 1839 and inscribed: Landskab ved Kalundborg Fjord. Asnæs Skov., and in pen and brown ink 2/1 1840 tilf: Fuldmægtig Secher I Randers.
189 x 300 mm
Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
1824 Lyon - Paris 1898
Head of a Man in Profile, Study for "La famille du pêcheur"
Charcoal and stomping, squared for transfer. Circa 1875.
Signed lower right: P. Puvis de Ch.; inscribed upper right with the name and address of the model: de Cioja / r. St Victor 45.
320 x 240 mm.
Sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Joacquín Sorolla
1863 Valencia - Cercedilla 1923
Playa de Valencia. Día gris
Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: J Sorolla Bastida.
Executed c.1901.
Inscribed by another hand on the verso: 7 E.
27.1 x 48.4 cm
SOLD to the Fondation Custodia, Paris
Achille-Etna Michallon
1796 - Paris - 1822
View of the Sistine Chapel from the Piazza del Forno, Rome
Brush and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk on Paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: Michallon 1819.
225 x 282 mm.
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Giovanni Boldini
1842 Ferrara - Paris 1931
Bust of Francesco I. d'Este
Brown and blue wash on paper; c.1890-1900.
Signed lower right: Boldini
455 x 304 mm
Sold to the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Thorald Læssøe
1816 Frederikshavn - Copenhagen 1878
The Cimitero Acattolico of Rome with the Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Oil on canvas; 1848
Signed, inscribed and dated: Thorald Læssøe, Roma 1848
44 x 64 cm
SOLD to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
R. B. Kitaj, R.A.
1932 Cleveland – Los Angeles 2007
Portrait of Philip Roth
Charcoal on paper; executed 1985.
775 x 570 mm
Sold to the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Adolf von Hildebrand
1847 Marburg - Munich 1921
Werbung [Courtship]
Terracotta relief. Signed lower right with the monogram: AH; executed c.1886.
One of only two known versions in terracotta.
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Félicien Rops
1833 Namur - Essonnes 1898
À un dîner d’athées [At a Dinner of Atheists]
Graphite and pencil with stomping, brown pastel, heightened with white on prepared paper. Executed c.1879-85. Signed and inscribed at the lower left: F. Rops / 1er dessin; titled at the upper left: A UN DINER D’ATHÉES.
305 x 220 mm
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Gino Severini
1883 Cortona - Paris 1966
Paesaggio con chiesa
Oil on panel; 1903.
Signed and dated in the upper left margin: Severini 1903.
9,8 x 18,0 cm
Sold to the Fondation Custodia, Paris
Max Liebermann
1847 - Berlin - 1935
Boys Bathing near Bad Kösen
Watercolour and gouache on paper; c. 1895.
Signed lower left in pen and ink: M. Liebermann.
500 x 652 mm
Sold to The Art Institute of Chicago
Christoph Wilhelm Eckersberg
1783 Blåkrog - Copenhagen 1853
View from the Battery towards the City
Pen and black ink, pencil and grey wash on paper; 1836.
Signed and dated: Eckersberg fec. 1836 and inscribed on the back: Eckersberg 7 Sept. 1836.
185 x 315 mm
Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Ernst Barlach
Wedel 1870 - 1938 Rostock
Der singende Mann [The Singing Man]
Bronze with fine, olive-brown patina.
Conceived in 1928. One of only 16 lifetime casts.
Height: 49.3 cm
SOLD
Adolph von Menzel
1815 Breslau - Berlin 1905
Half-Figure of Lorenzo Cocozza at the Age of 13
Carpenter’s pencil, stumping, on paper. Executed 1882.
Monogrammed upper right: A. M. and inscribed at the lower edge of the sheet 13 Jahr [sic]. Lorenz Cocozza. Ganze Grösse 53 Kopf 7 ½ Händ [sic] 5 ½.
202 x 128 mm
Sold to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770 - Copenhagen - 1844
Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow, after 1810
Black crayon heightened with white on brownish paper. Signed: A [Alberto] Thorvaldsen Fecit.
On the original mount.
370 x 430 mm
Sold to the Art Institute of Chicago
Giuseppe de Nittis
1846 Barletta - Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1884
Nubi sul mare
Oil on panel.
Signed lower left De Nittis, bearing the estate stamp on the verso Atelier De Nittis
10.0 x 15.0 cm
Sold to the Fondation Custodia, Paris
Max Klinger
1857 Leipzig - Großjena 1920
Im Park [The Amorous Couple]
Pen, black chalk and ink heightened with white on paper. Signed M.K. and dated lower left (18)87.
416 x 251 mm
Sold to the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Vilhelm Hammershøi
1864 - Copenhagen - 1916
Gaardlænge, Vejle (Barn near Vejle)
Oil on canvas; executed in 1883.
35.0 x 37.5 cm
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Philipp Otto Runge
1777 Wolgast - Hamburg 1810
Zeichnende Hände [Hands Drawing]
Black chalk with white heightening on white paper with the watermark: Greifswald Academie;
executed in 1798
205 x 310 mm
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Alberto Giacometti
1901 Borgonovo – Chur 1966
Étude d’après la tête de la déesse Mut, [Egyptian Museum, Cairo]
Pen and black ink on notepaper.
269 x 209 mm
Sold to the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Lovis Corinth
1858 Tapiau, East Prussia - Zandvoort, Netherlands 1925
Still Life of Flowers
Watercolour and gouache on velin. 1923.
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink: Lovis Corinth Mai 1923.
480 x 605 mm
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Hans Bellmer
1902 Katowice, German Empire (now Poland) - Paris 1975
Désarticulation sur fond rayé
Oil paint, pen and black ink, pencil on canvas; 1958
65.3 x 65.3 cm
Sold to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Anselm Feuerbach
1829 Speyer - Venice 1880
Study of the Head of a Young Roman [Giacomo Orlandi di Subiaco]
Oil on canvas; executed c.1857.
43.7 x 62.7 cm
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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
1727 Sudbury - London 1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures, Horse and Shed
Black chalk and grey washes, heightened with white; executed in the early 1780s.
Stamped with Earl of Warwick’s collector mark
280 x 355 mm
Sold to the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen
Anne-Louis Girodet
1767 Montargis - Paris 1824
Portrait Roundel of François Pascal Simon Gérard, called Baron Gérard
Black chalk, stomping, heightened with white, on paper; executed in 1789.
Overall diameter: 111 mm
Sold to the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik
Étienne-Bathélemy Garnier
1759 - Paris - 1849
Horatius Slaying his Sister Camilla after the Defeat of the Curiatii
Black pen and blue and brown wash with white heightening, on beige paper.
525 x 770 mm
Sold to the Art Institute of Chicago
Adolph von Menzel
1815 Breslau - Berlin 1905
Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile
Carpenter’s pencil, with stumping, on paper watermarked J. Whatman. 1894
Signed lower right and dated: A. Menzel / 94
416 x 290 mm
Sold to The Art Institute of Chicago
Emil Nolde
1867 Nolde i. Holstein - Seebüll 1956
Herbstblumen [Autumn Flowers]
Oil on canvas; painted in 1931.
Signed in the lower right: Emil Nolde; signed and
inscribed on the stretcher: Emil Nolde, Herbstblumen (C)
73,9 x 100,4 cm
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1746 Fuendetodos - Bordeaux 1828
Portrait of the painter Cesar Arbasía
Red chalk on laid paper
Inscribed in red chalk: Cesar Arbasia. / Pint.
174 x 126 mm
SOLD
Christian Rohlfs
1849 Niendorf, Holstein - Hagen 1938
Birkenwald [Birch Trees on a Hillside]
Oil on canvas, 1907.
Signed lower right and dated: C Rohlfs 7
51.5 x 72.5 cm
SOLD
Vilhelm Hammershøi
1864 - Copenhagen - 1916
A Group of Trees - Landscape on the ‘Kongevejen’ near Gentofte
Black chalk on laid paper. Executed in 1892.
210 x 285 mm
Sold to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Edmé Bouchardon
1698 Chaumont - Paris 1762
Design for a covered Vase, with gadrooned Body - Design for a covered Vase, the Handle joined to the Lid
Red chalk on laid paper, in its old mount; executed before 1737.
223 by 163 mm;
Red chalk on laid paper, in its old mount; executed before 1737.
223 by 163 mm
Sold to the Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Christoph Heinrich Kniep
1755 Hildesheim - Naples 1825
The Bay of Naples seen from Posillipo, in the Background Vesuvius
Pen and brown ink, brown wash,
executed between 1787 and 1799
645 x 885 mm
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Pablo Picasso
1881 Málaga - Mougins 1973
Buste de Femme
Pencil and ink on paper; 1903.
Dated on the reverse (by the artist’s father): 23 Mayo 1903.
232 x 172 mm
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Carl Blechen
1798 Cottbus - Berlin 1840
Fisherman’s Cottage by a Lake
Pencil on paper with watermark: J. Whatman 1830.
Stamped on the verso with the artist’s name (Lugt 263 b) and bearing the mark of the collector H. F. W. Brose (Lugt 307 c).
260 x 408 mm
Sold to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Julio González
1876 Barcelona – Arcueil nr. Paris 1942
Personnage
Watercolour, pen and black ink over pencil.
Monogrammed and dated: j. G. 10-I-41.
313 x 240 mm
SOLD
Victor Hugo
1802 Besançon - Paris 1885
Landscape with a Bridge, Guernsey
Brown ink, pencil, brown and grey wash on laid paper from a sketchbook; executed in 1856.
86 x147 mm
Sold to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
1750 Toulouse - Paris 1819
Byblis transformée en Fontaine
Pencil and black chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk, on beige paper.
Signed and dated lower right: P. Valenciennes 1790.
390 x 524 mm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Carl Blechen
1798 Cottbus - Berlin 1840
Forest Landscape with a Resting Man in front of a Wayside Shrine
Pen and brush and black ink over pencil on paper; executed circa 1830-35.
171 x 274 mm
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696 Venice - Madrid 1770
The Holy Family resting on the Flight into Egypt
Black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on paper.
284 x 197 mm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Paul Klee
1879 Münchenbuchsee - Muralto 1940
Morgen Grau
Watercolour and gouache on paper, laid down on the artist’s mount.
Signed: Klee lower left, dated, numbered and titled on the mount: 1932 / B 4 / Morgen Grau.
332 x 405 mm (mount 440 x 505 mm)
SOLD
Sonia Delaunay
1885 Odessa - Paris 1979
Rythme coloré
Gouache over pencil on card; executed 1950.
Signed in pencil: Sonia Delaunay.
680 x 345 mm
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Franz Ludwig Catel
1778 Berlin - Rome 1856
Portrait of Leo von Klenze
Oil on Card, executed on the 29th of February or the 5th of March 1824.242 x 167 mm.
Study for the painting "Kronprinz Ludwig in der spanischen Weinschänke zu Rom", Bayerische Staatsgemälde-sammlungen, Neue Pinakothek, München
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Georges Seurat
1859 - Paris - 1891
Femme assise bas
Conté crayon on paper; executed c. 1883.
320 x 243 mm
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Claude Gillot
1673 Langres - Paris 1722
Scene from: Don Juan, ou Le Festin de Pierre
Pen and black ink, red wash, over black chalk on paper, laid down on an album page.
150 x 215 mm
Sold to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Paul Klee
1879 Münchenbuchsee - Muralto 1940
Geister des Theaters
Watercolour on paper, mounted by the artist on card; 1939.
Signed upper right: Klee; dated on the mount lower centre below the border mark and inscribed with the work catalogue number and title: 1939/19 Geister des Theaters.
270 x 210 mm (mount: 428 x 318 mm)
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Otto Dix
1891 Untermhaus nr. Gera - Singen 1969
Landscape near Diessenhofen
Silverpoint on white gesso ground, on paper; 1934.
Monogrammed, dated and inscribed lower right: OD 1934 Diessenhofen.
316 x 499 mm
Sold to the British Museum
Félix Vallotton
1865 Lausanne - Paris 1925
Aïcha
Oil on canvas; executed 1922.
Signed and dated: F. VALLOTTON.
100 x 81 cm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Emil Nolde
1867 Nolde – Seebüll 1956
Woman in a Black Hat
Watercolour on lightly grained buff paper; 1918.
Signed upper right in pen and dark brown ink: Nolde.
450 x 301 mm
SOLD
Jan Toorop
1858 Poerworedjo, Java – The Hague 1928
Self-Portrait
Chalk, watercolour, gold on wove paper; circa 1883.
310 x 248 mm
Sold to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Ferdinand Hodler
1853 Bern - Geneva 1918
Giulia Leonardi
Oil on canvas; executed c. 1910-11.
Signed: F. Hodler
45,0 x 40,5 cm
SOLD
André Derain
1880 Chatou - Garches 1954
Le Pont à Chatou
Watercolour. Signed lower right: a. Derain; 1904-5.
483 x 590 mm
SOLD
Edgar Degas
1834 - Paris - 1917
Étude de Nu
Charcoal and pastel on paper; executed c.1888-92.
Stamped lower left with the red signature stamp of the estate (Lugt 658).
558 x 368 mm
Sold to the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Odilon Redon
1840 Bordeaux - Paris 1916
Pensées dans un vase
Pastel on paper.
Signed lower left: Odilon Redon.
623 x 482 mm
Sold to a private collection, France
Éduard Vuillard
1868 Cuiseaux (Saône-et-Loire) - La Baule 1940
La salle d’étude aux Pavillons à Cricqueboeuf
Glue-based distemper on buff paper; c.1910.
Stamped with signature lower right: E. Vuillard (Lugt 2497a).
584 x 445 mm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Alberto Giacometti
1901 Borgonovo - Chur 1966
Tête d’Annette
Pencil on wove paper.
Signed and dated lower right: Alberto Giacometti 1959.
502 x 328 mm
SOLD
Eugène Boudin
1824 Honfleur - Deauville 1898
Marine au grand ciel
Pastel on paper, mounted on cardboard. Stamped with the monogram lower right in blue: E. B (Lugt 828); dated lower left in black chalk: 1860.
213 x 287 mm
BOUDIN
Gustave Caillebotte
1848 Paris – Gennevilliers 1894
Le mur du jardin potager, Yerres
Pastel on paper.
Signed and dated upper right: G. Caillebotte 77.
435 x 590 mm
SOLD
Anita Rée
1885 Hamburg - Kampen/Sylt 1933
Weiße Bäume, Positano
Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts monogrammiert: AR
71 x 80,5 cm
Sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle
Carl Gustav Carus
1789 Leipzig - Dresden 1869
A Swan among the Reeds, by Moonlight
Charcoal with white heightening on brownish paper laid down on thin board.
Signed and dated on a small piece of paper attached on verso: Zum 11. Septbr. 1852. Carus (fig.1)
228 x 191 mm
Sold to the J. P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Honoré Daumier
1808 Marseilles - Valmondois 1879
L’Amateur d’estampes
Oil on panel, executed c.1860-2.
24.7 x 30.7 cm
SOLD
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
1783 Blåkrog - Copenhagen 1853
Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen
Pen and gray ink with brown wash.
Signed with initial and dated: E. 1830.
215 x 160 mm
Sold to the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Victor Hugo
1802 Besançon - Paris 1885
Landscape with Ruins
Brown ink and brown wash on envelope paper;
executed c.1847-51.
97 x 262 mm
Sold to the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunst-sammlungen
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
1789 - Lübeck - 1869
Germania and Italia
Pencil on paper laid down on board,
composed of 9 sheets
952 x 1086 mm
Sold to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München
Carl Gustav Carus
1789 Leipzig - Dresden 1869
Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin
Oil on canvas; executed in the 1820s.
33.5 x 43 cm
Sold to the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727 - Venice - 1804
The Agony in the Garden
Black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, brown wash on paper. Executed between 1786 and 1790.
Signed at the lower right: Domo. Tiepolo f.
460 x 360 mm
SOLD
Comte de Clarac
1777 - Paris - 1847
Forêt vierge du Brésil
Pen and sepia wash, over pencil, heightened with white. C.1816-18
617 x 865 mm
Sold to the Musée du Louvre, Paris
Federico Zuccaro
c. 1541-1609
David Accepting Tribute from the Conquered Nations
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white; c.1566. Preparatory drawing for the ceiling of the chapel at the Villa Farnese, Caprarola.
325 x 264 mm
SOLD
John Russell, R.A.
1745 Guildford – Hall 1806
Portrait of Francesco Bartolozzi, R. A. (1727-1815)
Pastel. 1789.
Indistinctly inscribed and dated [Fran]cesco […] / J. Russell 1789 (on a label attached to the backboard). 598 x 445 mm
Sold to the Musée du Louvre, Paris
Adolph von Menzel
1815 Breslau – Berlin 1905
Man Asleep in Baroque Costume (Portrait of Menzel’s Brother Richard)
Black and white chalk on brown paper.
Signed with initials and dated: A. M. 54.
241 x 183 mm
SOLD
Caspar David Friedrich
1774 Greifswald – Dresden 1840
The Ruins of Eldena Monastery, View of the High West Facade, as Seen from the East
Brown sepia wash over pencil on laid paper.
Dated in the lower right: den 2t. Juni 1801.
203 x 226 mm
SOLD
Carlo Dolci
1616 - Florence - 1686
Portrait of Teresa Bucarelli, the Artist’s Wife
Black and red chalk.
282 x 188 mm
SOLD
Cornelis Dusart
1660 - Haarlem - 1704
Five Peasants in an Interior
Watercolor, gouache, and black and red chalk on parchment. Signed and dated, lower right, in black ink: Corn: Dusart fe. 1690.
258 x 310 mm
SOLD
Lieven Cruyl
1634 - Gent - after 1690
View of the Piazza Navona in Rome with Sant’Agnese under Construction
Pen and red-brown ink over black chalk, grey wash.
335 x 492 mm
Sold to the Morgan Library, New York
Cima da Conegliano
Italy, circa 1459-1517
Madonna and Child in a Landscape
Oil on panel, circa1496-1499.
73,0 x 59,4 cm
Sold to the County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Jacques-Louis David
1748 Paris – Brussels 1825
An Antique Bed with Scenes from the Life of Hector
Grey wash over black chalk on laid paper.
213 x 387 mm
Sold to the British Museum, London
Joseph Anton Koch
Obergiblen 1768 - 1839 Rome
Southern Mountain Landscape
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, heightened with white. Executed c. 1799. Signed in the lower right margin: J. Koch.
560 x 823 mm
Sold to the National Gallery, Ottawa
Achille-Etna Michallon
1796 - Paris - 1822
View of the Villa Medici and Sta Trinità dei Monti
Pencil. Signed and dated: michallon Roma 1819
285 x 275 mm
Sold to The Art Institute of Chicago