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August Wilhelm Ferdinand Schirmer

Berlin 1802 – 1866 Nyon

Tassos house on the coast of Sorrento. (before) 1836

Oil on canvas. 22,5 × 32,5 cm (8 ⅞ × 12 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: August Wilhelm Ferdinand Schirmer. Tassos house on the coast of Sorrento. (before) 1836.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 9,410

 

- 14,100

Sold for:

8,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2020

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 02.12.2020

Information

Oil on canvas. 22,5 × 32,5 cm (8 ⅞ × 12 ¾ in.). Inscribed in pencil on the upper stretcher bar, on the left: Tassos Haus an der Küste von Sorrent; on the right: gem. von Wilh. Schirmer in Berlin. Inscribed in pen and black ink at the bottom: Eigenthum des Geh. Raths Knoblauch (Halle ad/Saale). Framed

(presumably) Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Knoblauch, Berlin (died in 1859) / Karl Hermann Knoblauch, son of the previous owner, Halle/Saale (died in 1895) / unknown collection / Private Collection, Southern Germany

XXIX. Art exhibition. Berlin, Royal Academy of the Arts, 1836, 2. Ed., cat. no. 806 („Tasso's Haus in Sorrent“) (?) / Third Exhibition: Werke von Rudolf Henneberg, Wilhelm Schirmer, Hugo Harrer. Berlin, Royal National-Gallery, 1877, cat. no. 149: („Tasso's Haus in Sorrent. Oelgemälde. Privatbesitz“) (?)

N. N.: Bericht über die Berlin-Kunstausstellung. Landschaft (Fortsetzung). In: Museum. Blätter for bildende Kunst, vol. IV, No. 44, 31.10.1836, p. 345-351, here p. 348 / Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. 4 volumes. Third, unaltered reprint, Hofheim am Taunus, H. Schmidt & C. Günther, 1979 (first Fr. V. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891–1901), here second volume (second half), p. 571, mentioned no. 21

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