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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. ERIKA POHL-STRÖHER (1919-2016)

FIRMIN MASSOT | PORTRAIT OF ARMAND HENRI LOUIS JACOB TRONCHIN (1794-1865), CIRCA 1800

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June 30, 03:55 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 CHF

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. ERIKA POHL-STRÖHER (1919-2016)

FIRMIN MASSOT

Geneva 1766 - 1849

PORTRAIT OF ARMAND HENRI LOUIS JACOB TRONCHIN (1794-1865), CIRCA 1800


Grey ink over pencil on vellum, gilt-metal frame 

5.8 cm diameter; 9 x 8 cm (framed)


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By descent in the sitter’s family until 

Henri Tronchin (1853-1924), Domaine de Bessinge

Roger Demierre, Geneva

Christie's Geneva, 21st November 1993, lot 94

Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016) (purchased at the sale above)

Jules Crosnier ‘Bessinge’, Nos Anciens et leurs oeuvres, 1908, p. 115 

Lausanne, Musée Historique, 100 ans de miniatures suisse 1780-1880, 1999-2000, no. 165

A member of an influential Genevan family, the sitter grew up to become a soldier; he served as a ‘capitaine d’artillerie à cheval' in the Netherlands and later as a Colonel in the Federal Artillery.