Wolfgang Adam Töpffer - a pair (2)
(Geneva 1766–1847 Morillon)
Washerwoman in an Open Landscape, on the reverse signed, dated, inscribed A. Töpffer (ligature) 1805 geneve, oil on panel, 18.5 x 25 cm, framed, and Woodworker in an Open Landscape, on the reverse signed, dated, inscribed A. Töpffer f. (ligature) 1805 geneve, oil on panel, 18.5 x 25 cm, framed, (2), (W)
Trained as a landscape and genre painter, Wolfgang Adam Töpffer began his artistic career as a typographer and etcher in Lausanne. He later worked in Paris where he increasingly turned to watercolours. His work was honoured with the gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1812.
Catalogued and illustrated in:
Lucien Boissonas, Wolfgang Adam Töpffer 1766–1847, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Benteli Verlags AG, 2011, p.211, no. 175 and p.212, no.176.
Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf
Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
22.10.2015 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 16,000.- to EUR 20,000.-
Wolfgang Adam Töpffer - a pair (2)
(Geneva 1766–1847 Morillon)
Washerwoman in an Open Landscape, on the reverse signed, dated, inscribed A. Töpffer (ligature) 1805 geneve, oil on panel, 18.5 x 25 cm, framed, and Woodworker in an Open Landscape, on the reverse signed, dated, inscribed A. Töpffer f. (ligature) 1805 geneve, oil on panel, 18.5 x 25 cm, framed, (2), (W)
Trained as a landscape and genre painter, Wolfgang Adam Töpffer began his artistic career as a typographer and etcher in Lausanne. He later worked in Paris where he increasingly turned to watercolours. His work was honoured with the gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1812.
Catalogued and illustrated in:
Lucien Boissonas, Wolfgang Adam Töpffer 1766–1847, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Benteli Verlags AG, 2011, p.211, no. 175 and p.212, no.176.
Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf
Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | 19th Century Paintings |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 22.10.2015 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 10.10. - 22.10.2015 |
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