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German drawer

Sketch for the Lustgarten facade of the Berlin City Palace. 2nd half of the 18th Century

Graphite, pen, India ink, washed in various grey tones, inscription partially in iron gall ink. 56,5 x 90,2 cm (22 ¼ x 35 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: German drawer. Sketch for the Lustgarten facade of the Berlin City Palace. 2nd half of the 18th Century.

Estimate:

EUR 16,000

 

- 18,000

USD 20,700

 

- 23,300

Sold for:

19,520 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

Information

Graphite, pen, India ink, washed in various grey tones, inscription partially in iron gall ink. 56,5 x 90,2 cm (22 ¼ x 35 ½ in.). Inscribed: „Façade du châtau roÿal et electoral, du côté du jartin, á Berlin“ / lower right a subsequently-added signature, partly illegible: Christian [?] [...] Schütze [Schulze] / scale: 100 "Berliner. Schue". Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Guido Hinterkeuser, Berlin, dated 5 September 2007..

Related literature: Barbara Kutscher: Paul Deckers "Fürstlicher Baumeister" (1711/1716). Untersuchungen zu Bedingungen und Quellen eines Stichwerks. With a catalogue raisonné, Frankfurt a.M. 1995, p.281, cat. no. 2b / Guido Hinterkeuser: Das Berliner Schloß. Der Umbau durch Andreas Schlüter, Berlin 2003, p.129-136, 395, cat. no. 141.

We would like to thank Dr Guido Hinterkeuser, advisor to the Stiftung Berliner Schloss, for this text..

Formerly Private collection, Bonn / Private collection, Munich

Guido Hinterkeuser: Ein Schloss zum Vorzeigen. Eine bislang unbekannte Zeichnung des Berliner Schlosses, in: Weltkunst, vol. 78 (2008), issue 1, p. 10-11