Lot 11
  • 11

Franz Kopallik

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Franz Kopallik
  • St Isaac's Cathedral
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • gouache, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
  • 56.5 by 75cm, 22 by 29 1/2 in.

Provenance

Schloss Wartenstein, before 1943
Vienna, 1943
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1982
Christie’s Amsterdam, Liechtenstein: Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, 1 April 2008, lot 384
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Catalogue Note

The present work on paper was executed by Viennese court painter Franz Kopallik on a visit to Russia in 1898. He was invited to the court of Tsar Nicholas II by the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, Prince Franz of Liechtenstein, later Franz I.