Lot 1194 D α

Friedrich Preller the Elder - The Palace and Park of Wilhelmsthal near Eisenach

Auction 1049 - overview Cologne
16.05.2015, 11:00 - Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €

Friedrich Preller the Elder

The Palace and Park of Wilhelmsthal near Eisenach

Watercolour on paper. 27.5 x 36 cm.

On the reverse of the work is an inscription stating it to be a watercolour sketch for an oil painting for the Tsaress of Russia. Among the prominent visitors of the summer concerts in Wilhelmsthal were Tsar Alexander I of Russia (died 1825), Anna Pawlowna and Franz Liszt.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.