Old Master Drawings
Old Master Drawings
Property from the collection of Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
STRASBOURG SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY | BATHESBA AND DAVID IN THE ROYAL GARDEN
Auction Closed
January 29, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
STRASBOURG SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
BATHESBA AND DAVID IN THE ROYAL GARDEN
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, chased gilt-metal frame, ribbon tie surmount;
bears inscription on the backing, partly legible: Miniaturiste...l'..../ Joris Hoefnagel portraitiste et miniaturiste/ né à antwerp en 1545 et mort à Vienna en 1600/ .........
80 by 115 mm; 3⅛ by 4½ in
Edouard Warneck (d. 1924), Paris,
his sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof, 18 November 1926, lot 27 (as Hoefnagel);
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen, by 1956,
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 1 May 1980, lot 41
L.R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 375, vol. II, pp. 994-995, vol. III, Pl. 288, 563 (as Hoefnagel);
H. Fuchs, Die Österreichische Bildnisminiatur, Vienna 1981, vol. I, pp. 268 and 215, reproduced
The present lot and lots 6, 7, and 13 come from the collection of Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016), a scientist, geologist, collector, museum patron and businesswoman, who was the granddaughter of Franz and Marie Ströher, who founded German hair care and cosmetics giant Wella AG, bought in 2003 by Procter & Gamble. Her incredible collection of miniatures was recently sold, over three dedicated sales, at Sotheby's London (Part I - 6 December 2018, Part II - 4 July 2019 and Part III - 5 December 2019).
This miniature would appear to be by a Strasbourg artist in the orbit of Friedrich Brentel (see lot 7).