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Lot 347: CARL GOTTLOB SCHMEIDLER (GERMAN, 1772-1838)

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 27, 2012

Item Overview

Description

CARL GOTTLOB SCHMEIDLER (GERMAN, 1772-1838)
Dorette Spohr, née Scheidler (1787-1834), playing the harp, seated on a red-upholstered stool, wearing a blue gauze dress with white underdress, her dark hair upswept in a plait and dressed in ringlets
signed 'Schmeidler.' (lower left)
on ivory
rectangular, 4 11/16 x 3¾ in. (118 x 96 mm.), ormolu frame

Literature

L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 727 (described as 'excellent').

Provenance

Jean-Marie Heimann (d. 1901) Collection, Cologne; Lempertz, Cologne, 9 December 1933, lot 402.
Paul A. Scholz Collection, Berlin; Lempertz, Cologne, 24 November 1976, lot 99.

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