Lot 3094 - A190 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 27. September 2019, 02.00 PM
ANTON GRAFF
(Winterthur 1736–1813 Dresden)
Portrait of the naturalist and circumnavigator Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798).
Oil on canvas.
56.9 × 44.9 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection of the architect Edmond Fatio (1871–1959), Geneva (label verso).
- probably Otto Schütze, Düsseldorf.
- Germann, Auction 1989.
- Swiss private collection.
Exhibited:
Anton Graff, Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, 1913 (label verso).
Literature:
Eckhart Berckenhagen: Anton Graff. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1967, Cat. No. 300, pp. 113–114 (as copy).
Our thanks to Dr. Marc Fehlmann who has confirmed the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.
- Collection of the architect Edmond Fatio (1871–1959), Geneva (label verso).
- probably Otto Schütze, Düsseldorf.
- Germann, Auction 1989.
- Swiss private collection.
Exhibited:
Anton Graff, Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden, 1913 (label verso).
Literature:
Eckhart Berckenhagen: Anton Graff. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1967, Cat. No. 300, pp. 113–114 (as copy).
Our thanks to Dr. Marc Fehlmann who has confirmed the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.
CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Sold for CHF 16 160 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.