Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
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July 29, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
JEAN-JACQUES KARPFF, CALLED CASIMIR
Colmar 1770 - 1829 Paris
PORTRAIT OF JEAN-PHILIPPE BRONNER, IN PROFILE, CIRCA 1810
Black and white chalk, in an inscribed circle, gilt and black wood frame;
signed lower right: Casimir
framed: 218 by 218 mm
unframed: 118 mm Diam.
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With Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London;
sale, London, Christie's, 5 December 2007, lot 378;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
London, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Nineteenth and early twentieth century drawings and oil sketches, 1998, no. 4
An old label, written in an unknown hand, is attached to the reverse of the frame. It gives some clue as to the identity of the sitter and reads: Mr. Bronner depin[?] de Casimir Karpff de / Colmar.- / Mr. Bronner ainsi que Casimer Karpff etainent les amis d'efance de mon père. / Hanover le 21 [?] Mars 1869[?]. For a portrait of the same sitter on ivory please see lot 252.
For further information about Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher please see lot 244.