Lot No. 124


Genoese School, 17th Century


Moses striking water from the rock,
oil on canvas, 118.5 x 147 cm, framed

THIS LOT IS PART OF THE RIMPAU-LANGENSTEIN COLLECTION
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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 collecting point at Moritzburg Castle/Halle in 1946;
inv. no. 1802 (1969);
restituted to the Rimpau family in 2005

The present painting relates to a composition by Gioacchino Assereto in a private collection in Genoa (see T. Zennaro, Gioacchino Assereto, Soncino 2011, vol. I, p. 164, plate LXXXII). Another version is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (inv. no. M.91.267).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at

15.12.2023 - 16:02

Realized price: **
EUR 5,200.-
Estimate:
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 4,000.-

Genoese School, 17th Century


Moses striking water from the rock,
oil on canvas, 118.5 x 147 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 collecting point at Moritzburg Castle/Halle in 1946;
inv. no. 1802 (1969);
restituted to the Rimpau family in 2005

The present painting relates to a composition by Gioacchino Assereto in a private collection in Genoa (see T. Zennaro, Gioacchino Assereto, Soncino 2011, vol. I, p. 164, plate LXXXII). Another version is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (inv. no. M.91.267).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at


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