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Lot 54: MATTHÄUS KERN (AUSTRIAN, 1801-1852)

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 09, 2008

Item Overview

Description

MATTHÄUS KERN (AUSTRIAN, 1801-1852)
A young girl, in white shift with ruched borders, curling fair hair, holding a dove; sky background
signed and dated 'M: Kern 1831.' (lower right)
on paper
rectangular, 4 11/16 x 4¼ in. (119 x 107 mm.), ornate gilt-wood and gesso frame with inner beaded border and outer lotus and palmette frieze with anthemion spandrels

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Dorotheum, Vienna, Summer 1975 (in different frame).
With Pfleger, Salzburg, October 1975.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

by
Christie's
December 09, 2008, 10:30 AM WET

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK