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Lot 3231 - A214 19th Century Paintings - Friday, 19. September 2025, 04.00 PM

WOLFGANG-ADAM TÖPFFER

(Geneva 1766–1847 Morillon)
Beggar and three young women. Circa 1815.
Oil on panel.
Monogrammed lower right: AT:.
31.5 × 24.5 cm.

Provenance:
- Société des Amis des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, 1823 acquired directly from the artist for their lottery.
- Collection of Comte Jean-Jacques de Sellon (1782–1839), Geneva, won in the above lottery in 1824.
- Private collection, Geneva.
- Auction Hôtel du Rhône, Geneva, 8.10.1953, lot 283.
- Private collection, Switzerland.

Exhibited:
Geneva 1823, Société des Amis des Beaux-arts.

Literature:
Lucien Boissonnas: Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer. 1766–1847. Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Bern 2011, p. 199, no. 139 (with ill.).

CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)

Sold for CHF 12 500 (including buyer's premium)