Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Marie-Gabrielle Capet
A mother and child in a landscape
Lot Closed
December 9, 05:08 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Marie-Gabrielle Capet
Lyon 1761 - 1818 Paris
A mother and child in a landscape
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, silver-gilt mount;
signed and dated upper right: M.G Capet 1793
8.5 cm. Diam., 3½ in. Daim.
Edouard Warneck (1834-1924), Paris, 1911;
His executor's sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 39;
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by 1964;
Her executor's sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 4 May 1977, lot 93;
Robert Dows Brewster (1916-1995), New York;
His executor's sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 15 November 1995, lot 327
His executor's sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 39;
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by 1964;
Her executor's sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 4 May 1977, lot 93;
Robert Dows Brewster (1916-1995), New York;
His executor's sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 15 November 1995, lot 327
A. Doria, Gabrielle Capet, Paris 1934, p. 74, no. 35, pl. XX, no. 32;
L.R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 126, vol. III, pl. 104;
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt 2001, pp. 401-402, no. 75;
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris 2008, p. 138
L.R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 126, vol. III, pl. 104;
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt 2001, pp. 401-402, no. 75;
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris 2008, p. 138
Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina, 1924, no. 130;
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Art Treasures, 1928, no. 1184;
London, Batsford Gallery, Three Centuries of French Taste, 1932, no. 99;
London, S.J. Phillips, Three French Reigns, 1933, no. 246
Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) une virtuose de la miniature, 2014, no. 167, fig. B
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Art Treasures, 1928, no. 1184;
London, Batsford Gallery, Three Centuries of French Taste, 1932, no. 99;
London, S.J. Phillips, Three French Reigns, 1933, no. 246
Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) une virtuose de la miniature, 2014, no. 167, fig. B