Auction 110 - Tag 3 Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
May 27, 2023
Hammerstraße 30, 8523 Plauen, Germany

This is session 3 of 3 of our 110th auction


featuring over 1300 items in the categories fine art, ceramics, metalware, sculptures and more! Please visit our webpage to find the current session schedule with the respective categories and further information.

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LOT 4336:

Johann Baptist Kirner, attr, Mother with Child in the Mountains
Young mother in traditional Italian costume ...

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Sold for: €500
Start price:
250
Buyer's Premium: 27%
VAT: 19% On commission only
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Auction took place on May 27, 2023 at Auktionshaus Mehlis
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Johann Baptist Kirner, attr, Mother with Child in the Mountains
Young mother in traditional Italian costume nursing an infant, Italian mountain backdrop in the background, fine, detailed genre painting, oil on canvas, 1st half 19th c., unsigned, inscribed in pencil on the reverse: "v. Kirner in Rom", somewhat plastered, minor craquelures, somewhat in need of restoration, framed, folding dimensions approx. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Artist's info: German painter (1806 Furtwangen in the Black Forest until 1866 Augsburg), since 1822 at the art school in Augsburg, awarded with prize medals 1822 and 1823, since 1824 studies of history painting at the academy of arts in Munich under Peter von Cornelius and Clemens von Zimmermann, 1829 study trip to Switzerland, 1832 to 1837 stay in Rome, 1840 appointment as grand ducal court painter of Baden, from 1844 settlement in Munich, 1856 appointment as honorary member of the academy of arts in Munich, sources: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia.