Alessandro Magnasco
(Genoa 1667–1749)
A soldier gutting an animal, oil on canvas, 56.5 x 46 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Otto Körner (1894–1946), Vienna/Vancouver c. 1923
Exhibited:
Düsseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, May 1920, no. 10; Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alessandro Magnasco 1667-1749, 21 March – 7 July 1996, cat. no. 74;
Cologne/Zurich/Vienna, Das Capriccio als Kunstprinzip, 8 December 1996 – September 1997, no. 138
Literature:
B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Berlin 1914, no. 13; B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Vienna 1923, p. 57, no. 263; G. Delogu, Pittori minori liguri, lombardi, piemontesi del Seicento e Settecento, Venice 1931, ill. 224; B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Bergamo 1949, p. 150; L. Muti/D. De Sarno Prignano, Alessandro Magnasco, Faenza 1994, p. 227-228, no. 158, ill. 279, p. 486 (as a fragment of a larger work); W. Prohaska, in: E. Camesasca/ M. Bona Castellotti (ed.), Alessandro Magnasco 1667-1749, exhibition catalogue, Milan 1996, p. 242-243, no. 74
We are grateful to Fausta Franchini Guelfi, who examined the painting in the original, for confirming the attribution. She dates it to the artist’s mature period.
26.09.2017 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 62,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
Alessandro Magnasco
(Genoa 1667–1749)
A soldier gutting an animal, oil on canvas, 56.5 x 46 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Otto Körner (1894–1946), Vienna/Vancouver c. 1923
Exhibited:
Düsseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, May 1920, no. 10; Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alessandro Magnasco 1667-1749, 21 March – 7 July 1996, cat. no. 74;
Cologne/Zurich/Vienna, Das Capriccio als Kunstprinzip, 8 December 1996 – September 1997, no. 138
Literature:
B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Berlin 1914, no. 13; B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Vienna 1923, p. 57, no. 263; G. Delogu, Pittori minori liguri, lombardi, piemontesi del Seicento e Settecento, Venice 1931, ill. 224; B. Geiger, Alessandro Magnasco, Bergamo 1949, p. 150; L. Muti/D. De Sarno Prignano, Alessandro Magnasco, Faenza 1994, p. 227-228, no. 158, ill. 279, p. 486 (as a fragment of a larger work); W. Prohaska, in: E. Camesasca/ M. Bona Castellotti (ed.), Alessandro Magnasco 1667-1749, exhibition catalogue, Milan 1996, p. 242-243, no. 74
We are grateful to Fausta Franchini Guelfi, who examined the painting in the original, for confirming the attribution. She dates it to the artist’s mature period.
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| Auction: | Collection Reinhold Hofstätter - Furniture and Decorative Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.09.2017 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.09. - 26.09.2017 |
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