Anna Dorothea Therbusch

A scientist seated at a desk by candlelight

Auction Closed

January 26, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra

Anna Dorothea Therbusch

Berlin 1721 – 1782

A scientist seated at a desk by candlelight

oil on canvas

canvas: 39 by 32 in.; 100 by 81 cm.

framed: 48 by 40¾ in.; 121.9 by 103.5 cm.

Please note there is updated cataloguing for this lot, including additional provenance and literature, which can be found in the online catalogue.

Anonymous sale, Biarritz, 18 March 1984;

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 December 1996, lot 177;

Where acquired.

E. Berckenhagen, "Anna Dorothea Therbusch (mit Werkverzeichnis)," Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 41, 1987, cat. no. 147;

K. Küster-Heise, Anna Dorothea Thervusch, geb. Lisiewska 1721-1782. Eine Malerin der Aufklärung; Leben und Werk, Heidelberg 2008, cat. no. III-67.