Franz Werner von Tamm
(Hamburg 1658–1724 Vienna)
A vanitas still life with flowers, a skull, an hourglass, soap bubbles and ruins, inscribed in the sheet of music near the skull: Der grimig Todt [Grim Death],
oil on canvas, 90.5 x 71 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 June 1990, lot 115;
private collection, Austria.
The present painting comes with a certificate (1958) by Dr. Bruno Grimschitz.
A second version of this composition, also including a figure in a landscape seeking to escape Death, is preserved in the collections of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Lower Austria.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
24.06.2014 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 12,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 8,000.- to EUR 10,000.-
Franz Werner von Tamm
(Hamburg 1658–1724 Vienna)
A vanitas still life with flowers, a skull, an hourglass, soap bubbles and ruins, inscribed in the sheet of music near the skull: Der grimig Todt [Grim Death],
oil on canvas, 90.5 x 71 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 June 1990, lot 115;
private collection, Austria.
The present painting comes with a certificate (1958) by Dr. Bruno Grimschitz.
A second version of this composition, also including a figure in a landscape seeking to escape Death, is preserved in the collections of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Lower Austria.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.06.2014 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 14.06. - 24.06.2014 |
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