13th Jul, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1081
Karl Müller (1818-1893) German
Christ at Emmaus
Oil on canvas, laid down, 116.5cm by 153.5cm
Provenance: Bequest of Miss Nina Lea, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA (according to affixed plaque)
Sothebys Anonymous New York Sale by repute
Christies Sale 7841, 13 February 1996, Lot 1 according to labels to reverse
Private Collection, UK
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
A board visible behind at stretcher at the reverse. The frame slip has been damaged at the top. The picture plane is flat and even, the canvas appears firmly adhered to the board, but the surface is a little lumpy/uneven in places. There are approx. 15 long lines of filling and overpaint, some approx. 1.5ft long, to losses to the paint and ground. It is not clear what has caused this damage, and the retouching is a little discoloured in places (see images). All are currently stable. A few patches of stable, flat brittle age craquelure. There are patches of mould growth to the surface of the picture - most in the bottom left corner, with a few more smaller patches along bottom edge and right corner. Also mould growing from cracks on Christ's chest. Even surface gloss, possibly slighly yellowed varnish. Layer of surface dirt.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 13th Jul, 2024
Sir Alfred Munnings is rightly celebrated as the master of equine art; his lifelong affinity with the horse is reflected in his insightful and vital equine portraits that capture the grace and power of the animals, and his “Lord Astor on Shooting Stick with Horses” will be sold in the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 13th July. The painting is a sketch for “A Summer Evening at Cliveden, Waldorf Astor, Second Viscount Astor (1879-1952), seated”, which is held in the Cliveden Estate Collection in Buckinghamshire, now managed by the National Trust. From the same private collection is a watercolour by Munnings; “In the Woods Near Noyon 1918 Attack. Our Retreat” was executed whilst the artist was serving in the First World War with the Canadian Cavalry.
An engaging portrait sketch by the renowned George Romney, which has been in the same family collection since it was painted, will also be offered. The sketch depicts Caesar Hawkins and is thought to have been executed in preparation for a full-length portrait of Caesar, his sister Louisa Anne, and their mother Emma Hawkins (née Adair), which was once in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Four works by one of the leading Victorian equestrian artists, Heywood Hardy are also on offer, hailing from two private collections.
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