Friedrich Christian Klass
(Dresden 1752–1827)
An ideal landscape with girls adorning a herm, signed and dated at lower right: Klass pin. 180.
oil on canvas, 87 x 109 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 4th November 1992, lot 160;
Private collection, Austria
Klass was a Dresden-based landscape painter who, was admitted to the Dresden Academy in 1800. In 1816 he became an associate professor at the Academy. Klass was an outstanding draughtsman. In Thieme-Becker it states that: ‘Klass’ landscapes, which always incorporate figural staffage, show both a strong dynamism and a keen observation of nature, such that he must be assigned a place at the threshold between the periods of Late Baroque and Realism.’
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
20.10.2015 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
Friedrich Christian Klass
(Dresden 1752–1827)
An ideal landscape with girls adorning a herm, signed and dated at lower right: Klass pin. 180.
oil on canvas, 87 x 109 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 4th November 1992, lot 160;
Private collection, Austria
Klass was a Dresden-based landscape painter who, was admitted to the Dresden Academy in 1800. In 1816 he became an associate professor at the Academy. Klass was an outstanding draughtsman. In Thieme-Becker it states that: ‘Klass’ landscapes, which always incorporate figural staffage, show both a strong dynamism and a keen observation of nature, such that he must be assigned a place at the threshold between the periods of Late Baroque and Realism.’
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.10.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.10. - 20.10.2015 |