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Lot 263: ROBERT THEER (AUSTRIAN, 1808-1863)

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2012

Item Overview

Description

ROBERT THEER (AUSTRIAN, 1808-1863)
Father Wilhelm Sedlaczek (1793-1848), in black robes, white tasseled cord around his neck embroidered with his initials WS, dark curling hair
signed and dated 'Robert Theer 1829' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 5½ in. (140 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount in carved rectangular giltwood frame

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Austellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 885 (lent by Elisabeth Baroness Exterde).

Provenance

Elisabeth Baroness Exterde Collection, Vienna; (+) C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 21 October 1925, lot 231.

Auction Details

Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

by
Christie's
November 27, 2012, 10:30 AM GMT

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