Lot 14
  • 14

Franz Kopallik

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Franz Kopallik
  • Interior of the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin
  • gouache, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper
  • 42.5 by 57cm, 16 3/4 by 22 1/4 in.

Provenance

Schloss Wartenstein, before 1943
Vienna, 1943
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1982
Christie’s Amsterdam, Liechtenstein: Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, 1 April 2008, lot 379
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Catalogue Note

The present work on paper was executed by Viennese court painter Franz Kopallik on a visit to Russia in 1898. He was invited to the court of Tsar Nicholas II by the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, Prince Franz of Liechtenstein, later Franz I.