Auction House

Auction: Old Master Paintings

19. October 2016, 2:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0707

Angelika Kauffmann

(Chur 1741 - 1807 Rom)

„Cordelia crying out for help“
1782/83
oil on copper
31 × 26 cm (oval)
signed lower center: Angelika Kauffman
old label on the reverse: Cordelia/ for Mr. Birchall/ No 473 Strand

Provenance

on behalf of the publisher James Birchall (active 1781–94);
formerly Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876 - 1964), Northwick Park;
Sale Philipps, de Pury & Luxembourg Zurich, 18th March 2002, lot 2;
Swiss private collection;
Auktionshaus im Kinsky, Wien, auction no.75, 13th-14th October 2009, lot 80;
European private collection

Literature

Victoria Manners/G.C. Williamson, Angelika Kauffmann R.A. Her life and her works, London 1924, p. 182 (painting), p. 223 (engraving);
Bettina Baumgärtel (Hg.), Angelika Kauffmann. Eine Retrospektive, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1998, p. 417, ill. No. 176

Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Result: € 64.000 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.