The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
JEAN BAPTISTE WEYLER | PORTRAIT OF RUDOLF EMANUEL VON HALLER (1747-1833), CIRCA 1790
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JEAN BAPTISTE WEYLER
Strasburg 1747 - 1791 Paris
PORTRAIT OF RUDOLF EMANUEL VON HALLER (1747-1833), CIRCA 1790
Enamel on copper, gilt-metal frame
61 by 50 mm.
Sale, Geneva, Christie's, 14 May 1991, lot 138
The sitter was born in Gottingen, Lower Saxony and trained in the world of banking in Geneva. He travelled extensively throughout his career working in, amongst other cities, Paris, Marseille and Milan. In the late 1790s he acted as banker to the French army in Italy.