Auction 302: Old Masters & 19th Century Art | 16 June 2021
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer

Italian costume studies (Pifferari and shepherd)

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Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
1807 Jülich – Karlsruhe 1863
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Watercolour over pencil on wove. 1839. 28 x 37.7 cm. Inscribed and dated below the figure on the left “Pifferari aus dem Neapolitanischen. 30. Dec. 39” and “31. Dec. 1839” below the figure on the right. With colour notes.

Result: € 2,000*

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Provenienz:
Sammlung William Karrmann (1822-1902), Cincinnati;
F. Dörling, Hamburg, Auktion, 3.6.1992, Los 2407;
Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg, mit Etikett auf Rahmenrückwand;
Privatbesitz, Süddeutschland.

Description

Zwei vergleichbare Studien befinden sich in der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. (Vgl. Rudolf Theilmann und Edith Ammann, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Kupferstichkabinett, Die deutschen Zeichnungen des 19. Jahrhunderts, Karlsruhe 1978, Nr. 3277 und 3278, mit Abb. auf Tafel 185). – Leicht braunfleckig. An den Ecken fest in Sammlermontage montiert. Insgesamt in guter Erhaltung.

Period

19th century

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