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Lot 102: MICHAEL MOLITOR (AUSTRO-GERMAN, B. C. 1720)

Est: £600 GBP - £800 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 06, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Three children disguised as peasants on their way to market carrying eggs, chickens and vegetables in baskets; steps, bannister, pillar, urn, wall and foliage background
signed 'Molitor pinxit' (mid-right)
oval, 2 15/16 in. (74 mm.) wide, gilt-wood frame

Artist or Maker

Literature

H. Blättel, International Dictionary, Miniature Painters [...], Munich, 1992, p. 1419, illustrated in colour p. 994.

Provenance

with Dr. Robert Keil, Vienna.

Notes

Property from a European Collection

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 Gold Boxes and Portrait Miniatures

by
Christie's
December 06, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

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