European & British Art
European & British Art
Property from a German Private Collection
Das Palais des Königs (The King's Palace)
Lot Closed
December 9, 03:01 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a German Private Collection
Eduard Gaertner
German
1801-1877
Das Palais des Königs (The King's Palace)
signed E. Gaertner lower right on the mount, titled on the mount
watercolour, pencil, and pen and ink on paper
composition: 9 by 9cm., 3½ by 3½in. (arched top); sight size: 12 by 12cm., 4¾ by 4¾in.
framed: 19 by 19.5cm., 7½ by 7¾in.
Executed after 1832. According to Irmgard Wirth, these watercolour views of Berlin were originally kept in a leather bound booklet, and were subsequently used to produce similar sized coloured etchings entitled Memories of Berlin. Thirty-Six Coloured Etchings by Eduard Gaertner published by Gropius after 1832 and before 1840. These etchings were unsigned. Based on this collection of etchings it appears that the original watercolours made by Gaertner for Gropius to produce this series included the following views: Das Diorama, Das Monument auf dem Kreuzberg, Das Museum, Die neue Wilhelmstrasse, Das Akademiegebäude.