Johann Heinrich Füger
(Heilbronn 1751–1818 Vienna)
Melida, a scene from Salomon Gessner’s idyll ‘The First Navigator’,
oil on canvas, 107 x 76.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Austria;
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 2008, lot 38;
Private European collection
Literature:
R. Keil, Johann Heinrich Füger, Vienna 2009, p. 362, no. WV 504
The present painting can be dated to 1800. The composition is based on a drawing in the Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, which was executed in 1774. Salomon Gessner’s idyll The First Navigator was popular throughout Europe until the early nineteenth century.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
24.04.2018 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 17,751.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
Johann Heinrich Füger
(Heilbronn 1751–1818 Vienna)
Melida, a scene from Salomon Gessner’s idyll ‘The First Navigator’,
oil on canvas, 107 x 76.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Austria;
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 October 2008, lot 38;
Private European collection
Literature:
R. Keil, Johann Heinrich Füger, Vienna 2009, p. 362, no. WV 504
The present painting can be dated to 1800. The composition is based on a drawing in the Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, which was executed in 1774. Salomon Gessner’s idyll The First Navigator was popular throughout Europe until the early nineteenth century.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.04.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 14.04. - 24.04.2018 |
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