Lot 3251* - A186 19th Century Paintings - Friday, 28. September 2018, 04.00 PM
JOHANN MICHAEL WITTMER
(Murnau 1802–1880 Munich)
John the Baptist preaching. 1858.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, inscribed and dated lower left on the stone: M Wittmer inv Rom 1858.
103.5 x 139 cm.
Provenance:
- Lempertz, Cologne, 23.11.1996, Lot 1563.
- European private collection.
Exhibited:
Erste deutsche allgemeine und historische Kunstausstellung, Glaspalast, Munich, 5.8.1858.
Literature:
- Giornale di Roma, Rome 1857, 116, p. 117.
- Salmen, Brigitte: Johann Michael Wittmer (1802-1880). Studien zu Leben und Werk, Passau 2005, No. 272, p. 77 and 297; fig. 217, p. 115.
CHF 6 000 / 8 000 | (€ 6 190 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 19 700 (including buyer’s premium)
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