Christian Johann Georg Perlberg - PALICARS FIGHTING - SCENES FROM THE GREEK LIBERATION - image-1

Lot 1508 Dα

Christian Johann Georg Perlberg - PALICARS FIGHTING - SCENES FROM THE GREEK LIBERATION

Auction 1002 - overview Cologne
17.11.2012, 00:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century (1000th Century)
Estimate: 35.000 € - 40.000 €
Result: 61.000 € (incl. premium)
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Christian Johann Georg Perlberg

PALICARS FIGHTING - SCENES FROM THE GREEK LIBERATION

Oil on canvas (relined). 62 x 80 cm.
C. Perlberg.

Christian Perlberg is one of the artists who moved to Greece when the Bavarian Prince Otto was crowned king there. The Palikaren were Greek foot soldiers who fought against the Osman Empire during the wars of independence, and later became the basis of the army of the Greek kingdom. Perlberg painted a considerable number of scenes from that war, forming a most important aspect of his artistic oeuvre.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.