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6 mars 2020

Koller to offer Old Masters and 19th century paintings held for decades in private collections

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Lot 3007. Bicci di Lorenzo (1373 Florence 1452), The mystical marriage of St Catherine. Circa 1445–50. Tempera on gold ground panel. 165 × 98 cm. Estimate: CHF 250 000-350 000 (€ 219 300 - 307 020)© Koller 

ZURICH.- A monumental, museum-quality tempera and gold ground on panel painting by Florentine artist Bicci di Lorenzo has come to auction at Koller after decades in a private collection (lot 3007, CHF 250 000/350 000). Created circa 1445/50, this is a mature work by Bicci, who received numerous important commissions in his day and worked alongside such masters as Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca. In this masterwork, Bicci artfully blends the International Gothic style with his Florentine roots, utilising his unique and powerful technique to its fullest.

Recently discovered in a Swiss private collection, an early still life by Milan artist Fede di Galizia is an extreme rarity on the art market (lot 3018, CHF 150 000/200 000). The daughter of miniature artist Nunzio Galizia, Fede managed not only to establish her place in a male-dominated profession, but to significantly contribute to the development of the still life genre in Italy in the early 17th century. Only about twenty of Fede Galizia’s still lifes are known, so this most recent addition to her body of work is certain to create a sensation. 

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Lot 3018. Fede Galizia (1578 Milan 1630), Still life of fruits with grapes in a white ceramic bowl, with pomegranate and pears on a stone plinth. Oil on panel. 28 × 38.3 cmEstimate: CHF 150 000-200 000 (€ 131 580 175 440)© Koller 

Other notable works in the Old Masters auction on 27 March include a pair of large-format harbour views by Charles François Lacroix de Marseille (lot 3073, CHF 200 000/300 000). Lacroix, who most likely trained under fellow French painter Charles-Joseph Vernet, is especially known for his small-format marine and landscape paintings; important works of the size of the present pair seldom come up at auction. An early floral still life by the pioneering master of the genre, Balthasar van der Ast, will also be offered (lot 3027, CHF 200 000/300 000), as well as a boisterous depiction of an outdoor wedding à la Brueghel by Marten van Cleve the Elder (lot 3021, CHF 150 000/250 000), and an early gold ground Crucifixion scene by the Master of the Misericordia, a sensitively-painted example from the rich period in Italian art following Giotto (lot 3011, CHF 50 000/70 000). 

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Lot 3027. Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg circa 1593–1657 Delft), Still life with tulips, roses and carnations in a Wanli porcelain vase with butterflies and insects. Oil on panel. Signed lower left: B. van der. ast. fecit. 30.9 × 26.1 cm. Estimate: CHF 200 000-300 000 (€ 175 440 - 263 160)© Koller 

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Lot 3073. Charles François Lacroix de Marseille (Marseille c. 1700–1782 Berlin), Pair of works: Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. Oil on canvas. One signed and dated lower right on the barrel, one signed and dated lower left: De Lacroix. 1776. 106.7 × 146.5 cm / 108.3 × 149.3 cm. Estimate: CHF 200 000-300 000 (€ 175 440 - 263 160). © Koller 

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Lot 3021. Marten van Cleve the Elder (1527 Antwerp 1581) and Workshop?, A village outdoor wedding. Oil on panel. 77 × 107.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 150 000-250 000 (€ 131 580 - 219 300)© Koller.

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Lot 3011. Master of the Misericordia (active in Florence 1370–1400), The Crucifixion. Circa 1355. Tempera and gold ground on panel. 48 × 23 cm. Estimate: CHF 50 000 - 70 000 (€ 43 860 - 61 400)© Koller.

This same collection also contains an interesting selection of modern works to be offered on 27 March, such as two paintings by Max Liebermann, “Floral terrace in the Wannsee garden facing north”, 1918 (lot 3115, CHF 250 000/350 000), and a dynamic depiction of skaters in the Berlin Tiergarten, 1921 (lot 3122, CHF 150 000/200 000). A portrait by Lovis Corinth, “Mask in white dress”, 1902 (lot 3118, CHF 100 000/150 000) is captivating, and even more so when one knows that it is a portrait of his future wife, whom he met around this time. 

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Lot 3015. Max Liebermann (1847 Berlin 1935), Floral terrace in the Wannsee garden facing north. 1918. Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right: M. Liebermann 1918. 50 × 75 cm. Estimate: CHF 250 000 - 350 000 (€ 219 300 - 307 020)© Koller.

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Lot 3122. Max Liebermann (1847 Berlin 1935), Skaters in the Berlin Tiergarten. 1921. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right: M. Liebermann 1921. 49 × 53 cm. Estimate: CHF 150 000 - 200 000 (€ 131 580 - 175 440)© Koller.

Another private collection will be presented in a single-owner auction on 24 March: The Dr Paul and Ursula Müller-Frei Collection. The Müller-Freis collected in a wide range of categories, from fine Meissen porcelain to English silver and 18th-century French furniture. Their tastes extended to Old Master paintings as well, such as a Madonna and Child in a floral surround by 17th-century Flemish painters Daniel Seghers and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (lot 1524, CHF 40 000/60 000), and a Nativity scene by Ignaz Stern (lot 1521, CHF 20 000/30 000).

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Lot 1524. Daniel Seghers (1590 Antwerp 1661) and Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607 Antwerp 1678), Madonna and Child, in a cartouche surrounded by flowers. Oil on copper. Signed bottom left: D. S. Soc tis JESU. 83 × 60 cm. Estimate: CHF 40 000 - 60 000 (€ 35 090 - 52 630)© Koller.

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Lot 1521. Ignaz Stern (Passau ca. 1679–1748 Rome), The Birth of Christ, featuring the Adoration of the Shepherds. 1737. Oil on canvas. 102.2 × 141.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 20 000 - 30 000 (€ 17 540 /-26 320)© Koller.

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