Lot No. 122


German School, 18th Century


Portrait of a scholar holding a drawing depicting an architectural design,
oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm, framed

THIS LOT IS PART OF THE RIMPAU-LANGENSTEIN COLLECTION
(please click for further information)


Provenance:

Collection of Maria Antonia Pessina de Branconi (1746–1793), Langenstein Castle;
thence by descent to her son Antonio Francesco Salvatore Pessina de Branconi (1762–1828), Langenstein Castle;
1829 sold to Johann Heinrich von Reinicke (1791–1854), as part of the property of Langenstein Castle;
1855 sold to August Wilhelm Rimpau (1814–1892), as part of the property of Langenstein Castle;
thence by descent;
September 1945 the Soviet occupying power expropriated Langenstein Castle and transferred the art collection to the Municipal Museum Halberstadt;
restituted to the Rimpau family in 2005

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at

15.12.2023 - 16:01

Estimate:
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,500.-

German School, 18th Century


Portrait of a scholar holding a drawing depicting an architectural design,
oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm, framed

THIS LOT IS PART OF THE RIMPAU-LANGENSTEIN COLLECTION
(please click for further information)


Provenance:

Collection of Maria Antonia Pessina de Branconi (1746–1793), Langenstein Castle;
thence by descent to her son Antonio Francesco Salvatore Pessina de Branconi (1762–1828), Langenstein Castle;
1829 sold to Johann Heinrich von Reinicke (1791–1854), as part of the property of Langenstein Castle;
1855 sold to August Wilhelm Rimpau (1814–1892), as part of the property of Langenstein Castle;
thence by descent;
September 1945 the Soviet occupying power expropriated Langenstein Castle and transferred the art collection to the Municipal Museum Halberstadt;
restituted to the Rimpau family in 2005

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at


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