Fine 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Catalogue Information: 384 lots
Date: 1998
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: *Eduard-Julius-Friedrich Bendemann (German, 1811-1889)
MOURNING ZION oil on canvas painted within an arch: 271/2 by 401/2 in. 69.8 by 102.9 cm. This is presumably a reduced version of the painting of the same title mentioned by Boetticher (as Die trauernden Juden), which was completed in Dusseldorf in 18 [...more]
Lot 2: *Michael Neher (German, 1798-1876)
"STADTTHOR VON ESSING IM ALTMUHLTHAL'' (CITY GATE, ESSING, IN THE ALTMUHL VALLEY) signed with initial; also signed and titled on the reverse, and inscribed on a label applied to the stretcher oil on canvas 121/2 by 143/4 in. 31.8 by 37.5 cm.
Lot 3: Alessandro Castelli (Italian, 1809-1902)
THE CRUCIFIXION signed and dated 1875 oil on canvas 383/4 by 64 in. 98.4 by 162.6 cm. Castelli was a student at the Academy of San Luca in Rome. Travelling extensively in Europe, he settled back in Rome in 1870, specializing in views of the Roman cam [...more]
Lot 4: *Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
(French, 1815-1884) INVASION OF THE GAULS BY THE ROMANS signed and dated 1855 oil on canvas 551/2 by 801/4 in. 141 by 203.8 cm.
Lot 5: *Thomas Allom (British, 1804-72)
THE DESTRUCTION OF CORINTH oil on canvas 44 by 801/2 in. 111.8 by 204.5 cm. Thomas Allom, who is best known as a practicing architect and painter in oil and watercolor of architectural subjects, on rare occasions made historical reconstructions of th [...more]
