Lot 100
  • 100

Franz-Richard Unterberger

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Franz-Richard Unterberger
  • Pique nique devant le golfe de Naples
  • Huile sur toile
  • 46 x 70 cm ; 18 by 27 1/2 in.

Provenance

Ancienne collection particulière, Cannes;
Entré dans la famille de l'actuel propriétaire en 1980.

Condition

Very good overall condition. Original canvas. The painting is brighter than the catalogue shows. There are some very tiny brown marks under the branch of the orange tree, just above the group of the characters (visible on the reproduction). Great gilt wood frame. Under ultraviolet light: No visible repaints.
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Catalogue Note

La composition de notre tableau est répertoriée à plusieurs reprises dans l'oeuvre connue d'Unterberger. Nous savons que l'artiste, qui ne s'est jamais marié, était amoureux de la jeune femme représentée sur cette toile. Il a tout d'abord peint une première version, un tondo (conservée par les descendants de l'artiste, voir Sybille-Karin Moser, F.R Unterberger und die salonfähige Landschaftsmalerei im 19.Jh., Innsbruck-Wien 1986, n°135, reproduit p.135), puis en a fait plusieurs repliques, dont l'oeuvre présentée ici.