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258R

Workshop of Castrucci

Active in Prague 1596 – 1624

Rapids at the edge of a city. Circa 1610

Commesso in pietre dure e tenere (slate and predominantly Bohemian semi-precious stones: agate, amethyst, white agate, jasper, petrified wood). 9 x 12 cm, frame: 21 x 23 cm (3 ½ x 4 ¾ in., frame: 8 ¼ x 9 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Workshop of Castrucci. Rapids at the edge of a city. Circa 1610.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 12,000

USD 13,000

 

- 15,500

Sold for:

15,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

Information

Commesso in pietre dure e tenere (slate and predominantly Bohemian semi-precious stones: agate, amethyst, white agate, jasper, petrified wood). 9 x 12 cm, frame: 21 x 23 cm (3 ½ x 4 ¾ in., frame: 8 ¼ x 9 in.). Reverse, label on the later-added frame: Ständige Ausstellung für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe (added by hand) No 1678, with red crayon: 4/62. On the back of the image, added by hand: E.S.I No 14. On the reverse, a supporting slate piece patterned with regular bored holes, allowing the object to be held in place, for example as a decorative panel of a small cabinet. Framed

Related literature: Claudia Przyborowski: Abramo che ospita gli angeli; in: Splendori di pietre dure. Arte di corte nella Firenze dei Granduchi, exhibition catalogue, Florence 1988, p. 232ff. Rudolf II and Prague, Kaiserlicher Hof und Residenzstadt als kulturelles und geistiges Zentrum Mitteleuropas, exhibition catalogue, Prague 1997. Anna Maria Giusti: Pietra Dura. Bilder aus stone, Munich 2005, p.115 ff. We would like to thank Dr. Claudia Przyborowski, Berlin, for the valuable information provided..