Carrying an estimate of € 60 000-80 000 and measuring 83 x 65.5 cm, “Früchte- und Blumenstillleben mit Insekten” [“Still Life with Fruits, Flowers and Insects”], was painted by Jan-Frans van Dael in 1814 and heads the Art of the 19th Century division at the auction of Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century/Marine Art at Ketterer Kunst. Works by this Belgian artist are in the Uffizi in Florence, the Louvre in Paris and at the Petit Trianon in Versailles.

Carl Timoleon von Neff’s oil painting of “A Young Mother” measures 148 x 117.5 cm and carries an estimate of € 50 000- 70 000. It is bound to resonate not just with Western Europeans but also with Russians. Educated at the Dresden Academy and Painter to the Court of Tsar Nikolas I, von Neff should be viewed in the same context as Karl Pavlovic Briullov and Feodor Bruni. Moreover, the Young Mother motif also reflects von Neff’s love for Italy, which he often visited. In the 1820s he met the Nazarenes there and was made a member of the Florentine Academy in 1846.

Pre-sale viewings of selected works have been scheduled for the following dates, times and venues:
7-10 October, 11 am-7 pm
11 October, 11 am-5 pm
Ketterer Kunst, Fasanenstrasse 70, Berlin
13-15 October, 11 am-5 pm
Ketterer Kunst, Prinzregentenstrasse 61, Munich
All works will be shown:
18 October, 11 am-5 pm
20-22 October, 11 am-5 pm
Ketterer Kunst, Meßberg 1, Hamburg
Auction date: 25 October 2008, 11 am
Ketterer Kunst, Meßberg 1, Hamburg

Auction info kettererkunst.de

Posted: 09|21|08 at 8:54 am. Filed under: Europe.