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Lot 263 Dα

Koppay - Bismarck and his Doctor Scherzinger

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €

Koppay

Bismarck and his Doctor Scherzinger

Oil on fibreboard (backed with wood). 51.5 x 88.5 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: Koppay Berlin 89..

The Hungarian portrait artist Joszi Arpád Koppay was a pupil of Hans Makart in Vienna. He became a renowned portrait artist in the mid 1880s around the courts and capitals of Europe, including Madrid, Paris, London, Vienna and Berlin. According to tradition, the man depicted beside Bismarck is his doctor Scherzinger.

Provenance

Private ownership, South Germany.