Lot 113
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Eduard Agricola
Nächtlicher Ausbruch des Vesuv, 1837.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,000 Sold:
€ 12,065 / $ 13,271 (incl. surcharge)
Nächtlicher Ausbruch des Vesuv. 1837.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right. Numbered by hand “A.5.”, “172”, “6170” verso on the stretcher, with an illegible round stamp and a fragmented label from the shipping company Gustav Knauer, Berlin. 58.5 x 90 cm (23 x 35.4 in).
• The artist came from the famous artist family Agricola.
• Between 1830 and 1850, Agricola lived in Rome and Naples and explored the surrounding landscapes.
• Vesuvius, particularly atmospherically depicted here, was one of his favorite subjects.
PROVENANCE: Presumably Clemens August, Count of Waldkirch (1806-1858), Athens (1838).
Unidentified museum (until 1923: Lepke).
Private collection, Bavaria.
EXHIBITION: Presumably Kunstverein Munich, 1838.
Presumably Kunstverein Berlin, 1844.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan. Leben und Glauben im Schatten des Vesuv, Diözesanmuseum Freising, October 1, 2022 - January 29, 2023, cat. no. 118 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Presumably Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 21, no. 14 (“Der Vesuv vom Eingang in den Posilippo aus”. Through the Munich Art Association 38 to Count Waldkirch, Athens. Berlin, exhibition of the Art Association 44).
Rudolph Lepkes Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde neuerer Meister aus Museum- und Privatbesitz. Werke von: A. Achenbach, C. Becker, E. de Block, E. Bracht, L. Braun, March 20, 1923, Lot 52.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right. Numbered by hand “A.5.”, “172”, “6170” verso on the stretcher, with an illegible round stamp and a fragmented label from the shipping company Gustav Knauer, Berlin. 58.5 x 90 cm (23 x 35.4 in).
• The artist came from the famous artist family Agricola.
• Between 1830 and 1850, Agricola lived in Rome and Naples and explored the surrounding landscapes.
• Vesuvius, particularly atmospherically depicted here, was one of his favorite subjects.
PROVENANCE: Presumably Clemens August, Count of Waldkirch (1806-1858), Athens (1838).
Unidentified museum (until 1923: Lepke).
Private collection, Bavaria.
EXHIBITION: Presumably Kunstverein Munich, 1838.
Presumably Kunstverein Berlin, 1844.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan. Leben und Glauben im Schatten des Vesuv, Diözesanmuseum Freising, October 1, 2022 - January 29, 2023, cat. no. 118 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Presumably Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 21, no. 14 (“Der Vesuv vom Eingang in den Posilippo aus”. Through the Munich Art Association 38 to Count Waldkirch, Athens. Berlin, exhibition of the Art Association 44).
Rudolph Lepkes Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde neuerer Meister aus Museum- und Privatbesitz. Werke von: A. Achenbach, C. Becker, E. de Block, E. Bracht, L. Braun, March 20, 1923, Lot 52.
113
Eduard Agricola
Nächtlicher Ausbruch des Vesuv, 1837.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 11,000 Sold:
€ 12,065 / $ 13,271 (incl. surcharge)