2329
„Gentleman in uniform in front of a cloudy sky“
c. 1825
watercolour on cardboard; framed
15 x 11 cm (oval)
signed on the lower right edge: Waldmüller
inscribed on the label and cardboard on the reverse: General Adam Neipperg (1775-1829)
Provenance
since c. 1905 collection Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi (1854-1937), Vienna;
auction Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 10.-13.05.1939, no. 1411, pl. 18 (bw-ill.);
collection Ernst Holzscheiter (1878-1962), Meilen on Lake Zurich, CH;
Sotheby's London, 1.5.1980, no. 94;
Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher (Wurzen 1919-2016 Ferpicloz, CH);
Sotheby's London, "Works from the collection of Pohl-Ströher", 9.12.2021, no. 375;
private property, Austria
Exhibition
1905 Troppau, Miniature exhibition, Kaiser Franz Josef-Museum für Kunst u. Gewerbe, no. 93 (incorrectly as "General Neipperg")
1924 Vienna, Internat. miniature exhibition, Albertina, no. 932 (incorrectly as "Bildnis des Generals Neiperg")
1926 Vienna, Die Wiener Bildnisminiatur, pl. 25 (title corrected, as Graf Neipperg always wore a black eye patch)
Literature
Eduard Leisching, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Österreich von 1750-1850; Vienna, Artaria 1907, p. 175;
Katalog der Internationalen Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina, Vienna 1924, no. 932;
Jean de Bourgoing, Die Wiener Bildnisminiatur, Vienna 1926, p. 34, pl. 25 (bw-ill.);
Bruno Grimschitz, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Salzburg 1957, p. 288, no. 142 (bw-ill.);
Leo R. Schidlof, La miniatur en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 882;
Rupert Feuchtmüller, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. 1793-1865. Leben, Schriften, Werke, Vienna/Munich 1996, p. 433, cat-no. 158 (bw-ill.)
Estimate: € 8.000 - 16.000
Auction is closed.