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Lot 219: PETER EDWARD STROELY (GERMAN, 1768-1826)

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

Item Overview

Description

PETER EDWARD STROELY (GERMAN, 1768-1826)
A young officer, in white uniform, black stock and black cross-belt, his left hand on the hilt of his sword
signed 'Stroely' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high, gilt-copper mount

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, Das gemalte Kleinporträt, 1931, no. 311 (lent by Professor Dr Emerich Ullmann, Vienna).

Literature

L. Grünstein, Die Sammlung Professor Dr. Emerich Ullmann, Vienna, 1925, p. 19, illustrated pl. 8.

Provenance

Freiherr von Frankenstein Collection; Hugo Helbing, Munich, 28 March 1912, lot 542.
Professor Dr Emerich Ullmann (1861-1937) Collection, Vienna; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 31 August - 1 September 1937, lot 319.
A Private Collection, Switzerland; Sotheby's, Olympia, 24 October 2002, lot 33.

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