Sale: 455 / Art of the 19th Century, Nov. 24. 2017 in Munich Lot 4

 

4
Wilhelm von Kobell
Reiter vor München, 1830.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200

(incl. surcharge)
Reiter vor München. 1830.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed and dated. On wove paper. 19.8 x 23.9 cm (7.7 x 9.4 in) , the full sheet.
[CB].

We are grateful to Dr. Claudia Valter, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (in family ownership for three generations).

"Every moment he had to spent with something other than brush and paint was a lost moment."
Egid Kobell about his brother Wilhelm Kobell in a letter to their brother Innocenz Kobell from 4 February 1794, quote from: Ex. cat. Wilhelm von Kobell (1766-1853). Meister des Aquarells, Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt 2006, p. 10.




4
Wilhelm von Kobell
Reiter vor München, 1830.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200

(incl. surcharge)