24th Mar, 2011 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 807
 

807

Antonietta Brandeis (1849-1910) Hungarian The Basilica Di Santa Maria della Salute The Grand...

Antonietta Brandeis (1849-1910) Hungarian
The Basilica Di Santa Maria della Salute
The Grand Canal with a View of The Basilica Di Santa Maria della Salute
Both signed, oil on board, each 12cm by 21.5cm (pair)

Born in Miskowitz, Bohemia, Brandeis studied in Prague with Karel Javurek (1815-1909). She moved to Venice and began a successful career as a 'Vedute' painter. Although primarily known as a painter of Venice, Brandeis also painted the Veneto and views in Florence and Rome

Sold for £25,000
Estimated at £18,000 - £22,000


 

Both are in an excellent state of preservation with reasonably thick impasto in places and extremely delicate brushwork in other areas, There is slight rubbing to the edge of the boards very close to the rebate of the gold leaf slip, this is noticeable along the top edge in the sky along the top edge in one of the examples and along the bottom edge in the water on the other. Both are contained within their original gilt plaster and wooden frames with original gold leaf wooden slips and both are under glass (090311)

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Auction: Spring Catalogue Sale, 24th Mar, 2011

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