Old Master Drawings

Parallel to our Old Master and 19th Century Paintings auctions, Koller offers drawings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century in a separate session each March and September. One of the highlights of these auctions was a red chalk drawing by a 16th-century Florentine artist, acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 720,000 Swiss francs.

The Kunstmuseum Basel recently purchased a German Renaissance drawing attributed to Hans Weiditz. Other top results have been realised for works by Parmigianino, Giovanni Battista Piazetta, Hans Burgkmair, Giambattista Tiepolo and Guercino.

For some years now, the rising popularity of 19th-century art has also been observed in the field of drawings, notably in the increased demand for drawings and studies of this era. An early tree study by Caspar David Friedrich – rediscovered by our department head in a Swiss estate – now enriches not only an enthusiast's collection but also current research on this highly important artist of German Romanticism.

Franz Diegelmann, our specialist and department head for Old Master & 19th Century Drawings, will be pleased to value your works in view of a possible sale through our auctions.

We accept consignments until mid-January for the March auction and until the end of July for the September auction.

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

18 September 2026. Are you looking to sell drawings by Old Masters at our upcoming auction? Contact us for a free, non-binding appraisal.

ibid online only: 23 September 2026

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SELECTED RESULTS Old Master Drawings

JEAN–HONORÉ FRAGONARD

(Grasse 1732–1806 Paris)

Tête de vieillard chauve. After 1767.

Brush and brown ink over black chalk.

35.5 x 27.8 cm. Old gilt frame.

CHF 150 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A216 / 3450

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JEAN–HONORÉ FRAGONARD

CHF 150 000

ALEXANDER BEGGROV

(St. Petersburg 1841–1914 Gattschina)

Ships on the Neva before St. Petersburg. 1899.

Watercolour.

Signed and dated in pen and grey ink lower right: A. Beggrov 1899.

22 x 31 cm (visible dimensions). Framed.

CHF 16 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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A216 / 3470*

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ALEXANDER BEGGROV

CHF 16 250

Studio of JEAN CLOUET

(Brussels 1485/90–1541 Paris)

Half length portrait of a middle-aged man with a cap.

Black and red chalk on fine laid paper without watermark.

With old inscription (not identified) and numbered in pen and brown ink on the reverse: No 556.

27.5 x 18.4 cm. Old frame.

CHF 31 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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A214 / 3451

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Studio of JEAN CLOUET

CHF 31 250

MARIANO RAMÒN SANCHEZ

(Valencia 1740–1822 Madrid)

The Madonna sitting on a stone bench with the infant Jesus 1768.

Gouache on vellum laid on panel.

Signed, dated and inscribed lower left: Maxiano Sanchez. Pincit. Madrid año 1768.

25.5 x 18.5 cm. Framed.

CHF 25 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A212 / 3463*

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MARIANO RAMÒN SANCHEZ

CHF 25 000

FELIX VALLOTTON

(Lausanne 1865–1925 Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Reclining female nude with her left leg bent. 1911/12.

Black chalk.

Monogrammed lower right: fv.

25 x 32.5 cm. Framed.

CHF 10 625 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A212 / 3484

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FELIX VALLOTTON

CHF 10 625

GIOVANNA GARZONI

(Ascoli Piceno 1600–1670 Rome)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Circa 1641/42.

Gouache, heightened with gold on vellum, old mount on metal plate.

14.5 x 11 cm. Framed.

CHF 50 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A210 / 3416

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GIOVANNA GARZONI

CHF 50 000

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI IL GUERCINO

(Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)

Study for an angel. Circa 1630.

Pen and brown ink.

13 x 14.8 cm (trimmed).

CHF 50 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A210 / 3421*

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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI IL GUERCINO

CHF 50 000

GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO

(Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Head of an antique hero with helmet.

Pen and brush and brown ink, black pencil. On laid paper with watermark: lily on a bar (cut)

25 x 20.4 cm. Framed.

CHF 52 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A210 / 3425

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO

CHF 52 500

CHARLES–JOSEPH NATOIRE

(Nîmes 1700–1777 Castel Gandolfo)

Study of the lamenting Magdalene under the cross of Christ.

Red chalk heightened in white. The border line in pen and black ink.

36.5 x 29.2 cm.

CHF 47 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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A208 / 3434

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CHARLES–JOSEPH NATOIRE

CHF 47 500

ALBUM OF PRINCE BOGUSLAW VON RADZIWILL (1809-1873).

Splendid leather bound album from the period with a total of 25 watercolours of interiors and outside views mostly of Schloss Teplitz in Bohemia, also interior views of Palais Clary-Aldringen in Vienna, Palais Radziwill in Berlin, Hunting Lodge Antonin and a journey to Bad Ischl and Wolfgangsee. 1830–1849. Including: 1. Palais Clary-Aldringen, Vienna, Herrengasse. Salon Prinz Charles Clary Aldringen (1777-1831); 2. The library at Palais Clary-Aldringen in Vienna; 3. The library at Palais Clary-Aldringen, Vienna, with view of Herrengasse; 4. Schloss Teplitz, Bohemia. The Chinese salon, apartment of Prinz Charles Clary-Aldringen; 5. Garden pavilion in the park of Schloss Teplitz; 6. Salon in Garden pavilion of Schloss Teplitz. Signed: Croll 1832; 7. Temple in park of Schloss Teplitz; 8. Two bridges in park of Schloss Teplitz; 9. Church and chapel of Schloss Teplitz; 10. The dovecote at Schloss Teplitz. Signed/dated.: J. Höger 1841; 11. The Chinese salon at Schloss Teplitz, 19th century; 12. Salon in the Manor House at Schloss Teplitz. Signed/dated.: Croll 1832; 13. Further salon at Manor House at Schloss Teplitz, 1st floor. Sign./dat.: Bader 1832; 14. The restaurant da Turn bei Teplitz; 15. "Waldthor", old section Teplitz bei Eichwald; 16. View of Schlossberg and low mountains Teplitz. Sign./dat.: Bader 1832; 17. Ruins at Schlossberg von Teplitz; 18. Small hunting pavilion of Prince Clary in Tuppelburg bei Teplitz. Sign./dat.: Croll 1830; 19. Palais Radziwill in Berlin. Salon of princess Wanda Czartoryska, portrait of a man in profile to the left. nee Prinzessin Radziwill, Sign./dat.: F. Wustrow 1845; 20. Palais Radziwill in Berlin. Second salon. Sign./dat.: J. Wustrow 1845; 21. Waterfall at Ischl called "Waldbachstrupp". Sign.: Tho. Ender; 22. Probably close up of waterfall at Ischl, called "Waldbachstrupp". Sign.: Ender; 23. Wolfgangsee at Ischl. Sign./dat.: J. Höger 1840; 24. Castle in Antonin, Posen. Salon of Princess Leontine Radziwill nee. Comtesse Clary (1811-1890). Signed (not identified); 25. Marie, Ferdinand and Ladislav, the three children of Prince Boguslav and Prinzessin Leontine in garden of Schloss Teplitz.

Watercolours mounted on backing paper. In a splendid leather bound album by or in the style of Johann Jakob SELENKA. Rich figural and ornamental gold embossing with classical motifs, borders on the inner edges and gilt edges on three sides. Chased brass clasps with turquoises. Signed: Bougslav 1832.

Twelve of the views signed, of which some dated. Including: Thomas Ender (1793-1875); Josef Höger (1801-1877); Carl Robert Croll (1800-1863); Bader; Wustrow. Each with old inscription in French in pen and brown ink on the backing paper verso.

27.5 x 39 cm.

CHF 32 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.

A208 / 3440

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ALBUM OF PRINCE BOGUSLAW VON RADZIWILL (1809-1873).

CHF 32 500

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