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Lot 3092* - A178 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 23. September 2016, 02.00 PM

WOLFGANG DIETRICH MAJER

(Bernloch 1698–1762 Tübingen)
Pair of works: Portrait of the medic, botanist and explorer Johann Georg Gmelin (Tübingen 1709 -1755) and portrait of his wife Barbara Gmelin, nee Fromman, with coat of arms of the sitters upper right and upper left. 1750.
Oil on canvas.
names and dates of the couple inscribed by an 18th century hand, also dated.
Each 88 x 70 cm.

Provenance:
- Via inheritance from the Gmelin family to the Old Württemberg Haidlen family Stuttgart.
- Dorotheum auction, Vienna, 18.4.2012, Lot 706.
- Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.


CHF 8 000 / 12 000 | (€ 8 250 / 12 370)

Sold for CHF 11 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.