Heinrich Lihl

Lot 227: HEINRICH LIHL

Name: HEINRICH LIHL
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 3a1eb5320c

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 05, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PLACE UNKNOWN 1690 - 1756 RASTATT
A WHITE WOLF IN A LANDSCAPE
inscribed and dated lower right: dieser weisser Wolff / ist in der Kuppenheimer / Forst mit der Leegpücks / geschossen worden. J A_υo 1750 [trans: This white Wolf was shot in the Kuppenheimer Forest with the 'Leegpücks' in 1750]
oil on canvas
128 by 192 cm.; 50 1/2 by 75 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Heinrich Lihl

Literature

Schloß Baden inventory p. 282, cat. no. 28, B 482;
G.F. Kircher, Zähringer Bildnissammlung, im Neuen Schloss zu Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe 1958, p. 180, cat. no. 927.

Provenance

By descent at Schloß Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to Markgrafen und Grossheröge von Baden;
His sale, Baden, Sotheby's, 10 October 1995, lot 2336, where acquired by the present owner.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

Sotheby's

July 05, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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