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Jakob Philipp Hackert
估價
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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描述
- Jakob Philipp Hackert
- The Customs House, Naples, by moonlight with dancers and musicians by a fire
- Signed and dated lower centre: Philipp Hackert pinxit 1780
- oil on canvas
- 65. 5 by 98.5 cm; 25 3/4 by 38 3/4 in
來源
Private collection, Germany.
出版
C. Nordhoff and H. Reimer, Jakob Philipp Hackert 1737-1807, Verzeichnis seiner Werke, Berlin 1994, vol. I, reproduced p. 137, plate 64, vol. II, p. 59, cat. no. 141.
Condition
The canvas has an old lining. The paint surface is secure and in beautiful condition under an even varnish. Inspection under UV light reveals barely any intervention at all other than some very minor scattered retouchings in the upper right corner of the sky.
Offered in a gilt wood and plaster frame in good condition.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
This evocative landscape revisits the themes of moon and firelight schemes with which Hackert had previously engaged himself during the 1770s. A similar composition, a View of the lighthouse in the Bay of Naples lit by the moon with fishing boats in the foreground, signed and dated 1773, is in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne.1 In both this and the Cologne compositions, Hackert contrasts the silvery hues of the moonlight, reflected in the water, with the deep, warm reds of the fire which illuminates the Customs House, attracting an assembly of figures who dance in its light. The tree, prominently placed in the center left foreground divides the composition with the fiery reds of the dancing scene to the left, and the cool, crisp greys of the waterscape to the right, a device he previously used in the painting dated 1778, in the Georg Schäfer collection, Schweinfurt.2
1. See Literature vol. II, p. 29, cat. no. 75, reproduced, plate 30.
2. See Literature vol. II, p. 50, cat. no. 120, reproduced, plate 54.