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Gottlieb Wilhelm Hamann

Presumably Berlin 1754 – 1826 Berlin

The Rolltop Desk with Pedestals – possibly after a design by Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schadow (1761–1831). Shortly after 1800

Mahogany on pinewood, maple (possibly lime), juniper; gilt bronzes by Johann Christoph Ermisch, Berlin; Wedgwood plates (reconstructed); leather. 118 × 140 × 72 cm (46 ½ × 55 ⅛ × 28 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Gottlieb Wilhelm Hamann. The Rolltop Desk with Pedestals – possibly after a design by Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schadow (1761–1831). Shortly after 1800.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 100,000

USD 89,600

 

- 112,000

Sold for:

100,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.12.2016

Information

Mahogany on pinewood, maple (possibly lime), juniper; gilt bronzes by Johann Christoph Ermisch, Berlin; Wedgwood plates (reconstructed); leather. 118 × 140 × 72 cm (46 ½ × 55 ⅛ × 28 ⅜ in.). Wedgwood plates reconstructed.

Related literature: Paul Seidel: Die Zimmer-Einrichtungen König Friedrich Wilhelms III und der Königin Luise im Potsdamer Stadtschlosse; in: Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch, vol. 13 (1909), p. 246–264, p. 263.

We would like to thank Andreas Büttner, Braunschweig, for kindly providing additional information.

Until 1996 private collection, USA / 1996 collection Gianni Versace (1946-1997), New York / Until 2006 his sister Donatella Versace (born 1955), New York / 2006 Kunsthandlung Frank C. Möller, Hamburg / 2011 private collection, Rhineland

TEFAF Maastricht, Kunsthandlung Frank C. Möller Hamburg, March 2010

Auction catalogue: Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1995, Lot 266 (as „Russian") / Auction catalogue: Sotheby's, New York, 18 May 1996, Lot 421 (as „Russian") / Auction catalogue: The Collection of Gianni Versace, Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2005, Lot 260 / Achim Stiegel: Berliner Möbelkunst vom Ende des 18. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, Munich 2003, p. 411 f., p. 498, lll. p. 421 (3) / Michael Zajonz: Reichtum und Klugheit; in: Der Tagesspiegel, 18 March 2011

Archives: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (GStA), Brandenburg-Preußisches Hausarchiv (BPH)