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149
Carl Adolf Senff
Bildnis einer jungen Römerin, Ca. 1820/30.
Oil on canvas
Post auction sale: € 5,400 / $ 6,102
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Bildnis einer jungen Römerin. Ca. 1820/30s.
Oil on canvas.
Inscribed with the artist's name and “3” on a label on the rveerse of the stretcher. 48.5 x 36.5 cm (19 x 14.3 in). [AW].

• Highly detailed portrait in exquisite colors and charisma.
• Carl Adolf Senff was a German painter of the Biedermeier period, particularly known for his highly acclaimed portraits and flower paintings.
• From 1816 to 1848, Senff lived in Rome in the circle of the Nazarenes.
• Among the buyers of Senff's works were King Frederick William III of Prussia and the Russian tsarist family
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PROVENANCE: From the estate of the artist (1863).
Richard (Walter) Senff (1858–1932), Düsseldorf (professor at the local conservatory).
Collection Karin & Rüdiger Volhard, Bad Homburg (since 2015).
In family ownership ever since.

EXHIBITION: Verzeichniß derjenigen Kunstwerke, welche von der Königlichen Akademie der Künste in den Sälen des Akademie-Gebäudes [..] öffentlich ausgestellt sind, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1820, cat. no. 465 .

LITERATURE: Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. 2, 2, Dresden 1901, p. 741.
Werner Meinhof, Adolf Senff. Ein Maler der Biedermeierzeit, Halle/Saale no date [1929], Sammlung Kleiner Hallischer Kulturschriften, vol. 6, p. 14 and p. 16, (illustrated on p. 13.).
Grisebach, Berlin, 247th auction, November 25, 2015, lot 109.




149
Carl Adolf Senff
Bildnis einer jungen Römerin, Ca. 1820/30.
Oil on canvas
Post auction sale: € 5,400 / $ 6,102
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Buyer's premium and taxation for Carl Adolf Senff "Bildnis einer jungen Römerin"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
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The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.

Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.

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