Lot No. 185


Balthasar Wigand


Balthasar Wigand - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Vienna 1771–1846 Felixdorf) “Tod des Fürsten Poniatowsky in der Elster den 13. October 1813” (The death of Duke Poniatowsky in the Elster river near Leipzig), titled, signed Wigand, watercolour on paper, 15 x 23,5 cm, mounted, framed, (Hu)

Josef Anton Poniatowsky was a Polish aristocrat and war minister. His mother was the Austrian Countess Thérèse Gräfin Kinsky. Poniatowsky participated as a French marshal in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in the army of Napoleon I. The sheet shows Napoleon’s retreat and the blasting of the bridge across White Elster river. Poniatowski drowned when he was riding through the river.

Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378

19c.paintings@dorotheum.at

10.04.2019 - 14:00

Realized price: **
EUR 1,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 2,400.- to EUR 2,800.-

Balthasar Wigand


(Vienna 1771–1846 Felixdorf) “Tod des Fürsten Poniatowsky in der Elster den 13. October 1813” (The death of Duke Poniatowsky in the Elster river near Leipzig), titled, signed Wigand, watercolour on paper, 15 x 23,5 cm, mounted, framed, (Hu)

Josef Anton Poniatowsky was a Polish aristocrat and war minister. His mother was the Austrian Countess Thérèse Gräfin Kinsky. Poniatowsky participated as a French marshal in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in the army of Napoleon I. The sheet shows Napoleon’s retreat and the blasting of the bridge across White Elster river. Poniatowski drowned when he was riding through the river.

Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378

19c.paintings@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 10.04.2019 - 14:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 03.04. - 10.04.2019


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