Lot No. 224


Johann Nepomuk Ender


Johann Nepomuk Ender - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Vienna 1793–1854) Portrait of a young woman in white as Hebe (Goddess of Youth), according to tradition Countess Apponyi, watercolor, chalk on paper, laid down on millboard, 13,7 x 11 cm, oval format, mounted, unframed, slightly rubbed, (BH)

Provenance:
Collection Albert Pollak (1878–1943), Vienna;
confiscation of his collection through the Gestapo 1938;
seizure of the collection in the storage of the Central Office of the Protection of Historical Monuments (Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz) 1939;
confiscation of the entire property through the Gestapo 1940;
allocated to municipal collections 1941;
Inventory of the object under Inv. No. 70.717;
recommendation for restitution to the legal successors of Albert Pollak 21.12.2020.

The woman is presumably Thérèse Apponyi (1790–1874). She impressed diplomats at the Vienna Congress;
her nickname was „la divine Therese“. Chopin dedicated a piece of music to her.

Specialist: Mag. Barbara Hagerty Mag. Barbara Hagerty
+43-1-515 60-736

barbara.hagerty@dorotheum.at

20.04.2022 - 16:52

Realized price: **
EUR 832.-
Estimate:
EUR 600.- to EUR 800.-
Starting bid:
EUR 400.-

Johann Nepomuk Ender


(Vienna 1793–1854) Portrait of a young woman in white as Hebe (Goddess of Youth), according to tradition Countess Apponyi, watercolor, chalk on paper, laid down on millboard, 13,7 x 11 cm, oval format, mounted, unframed, slightly rubbed, (BH)

Provenance:
Collection Albert Pollak (1878–1943), Vienna;
confiscation of his collection through the Gestapo 1938;
seizure of the collection in the storage of the Central Office of the Protection of Historical Monuments (Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz) 1939;
confiscation of the entire property through the Gestapo 1940;
allocated to municipal collections 1941;
Inventory of the object under Inv. No. 70.717;
recommendation for restitution to the legal successors of Albert Pollak 21.12.2020.

The woman is presumably Thérèse Apponyi (1790–1874). She impressed diplomats at the Vienna Congress;
her nickname was „la divine Therese“. Chopin dedicated a piece of music to her.

Specialist: Mag. Barbara Hagerty Mag. Barbara Hagerty
+43-1-515 60-736

barbara.hagerty@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 20.04.2022 - 16:52
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.04. - 20.04.2022


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