Lot No. 192


Georges Antoine Keman


Georges Antoine Keman - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Schlettstadt/Alsace 1765-1830)
A bust-length portrait of a lady in a fur collar, standing and the portrait of a gentleman, seated, two miniatures, both signed Keman, watercolour, gouache on ivory, each diameter 7,5 cm, framed, (Hu) (2)

Subject to species protection (ASA).

Ex coll. Schidlof Georges. Antoine Keman was a very busy artist who sojourned in Paris from 1784 to 1789 where he received his artistic formation. After a brief return to his hometown in 1790 he went again to Paris and stayed there until 1792. From there he went to London and to Bristol in 1796. The present miniatures were executed in the artist’s Parisian period around 1790.

Literature:
Leo Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 422, Vol. II, p. 984, the portrait of the gentleman illustrated in Vol. IV, Fig. 640, Pl. 319.

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

19c.paintings@dorotheum.at

22.04.2021 - 15:31

Estimate:
EUR 5,000.- to EUR 6,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 5,000.-

Georges Antoine Keman


(Schlettstadt/Alsace 1765-1830)
A bust-length portrait of a lady in a fur collar, standing and the portrait of a gentleman, seated, two miniatures, both signed Keman, watercolour, gouache on ivory, each diameter 7,5 cm, framed, (Hu) (2)

Subject to species protection (ASA).

Ex coll. Schidlof Georges. Antoine Keman was a very busy artist who sojourned in Paris from 1784 to 1789 where he received his artistic formation. After a brief return to his hometown in 1790 he went again to Paris and stayed there until 1792. From there he went to London and to Bristol in 1796. The present miniatures were executed in the artist’s Parisian period around 1790.

Literature:
Leo Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 422, Vol. II, p. 984, the portrait of the gentleman illustrated in Vol. IV, Fig. 640, Pl. 319.

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: Online auction
Date: 22.04.2021 - 15:31
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: online

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