Christian Hornemann - Damenbildnis (Caroline Jagemann)

auction 383, Lot 207

Fine Art and Antiques

on 20 March 2019

Christian Hornemann

Damenbildnis (Caroline Jagemann)

estimate:
€ 2.000 to € 3.000

Differenzbesteuerung    

result:
€ 4.191 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

Hornemann (Hornemann), Christian

Portrait of a Lady (Caroline Jagemann)

 

Half-length, facing left. Signed "Horneman" on the left. Watercolour and gouache on ivory. Inserted into the lid of a round tortoiseshell box (diameter 8.2 cm). Yellow gold frame. Image size 7.1 x 5.6 cm (oval). Later lid in 14 karat gold, marked "PH". Provenance: "Kunstschätze der Sammlung Dr. Max Strauß in Wien". Auction catalogue for Glückselig & Wärndorfer, Vienna, 1920, Plate 82 (with illustration): the catalogue has the first suggestion that the sitter might be identified as Caroline Jagemann. - Danish private collection (until 2002). - South German private collection.