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Lot 240 Dα

A lead and giltwood frame

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 14:00 - Prussia II
Estimate: 1.800 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.356 € (incl. premium)

A lead and giltwood frame

Concave mouldings with foliate relief decor, applied palmettes, and acanthus. 104.5 x 82.7 cm, inner dimensions 96.5 x 75 cm.
1st quarter 19th C., design attributed to Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Literature

Cf. v. Roenne, Ein Architekt rahmt Bilder, Berlin 2007, no. 59, for a frame designed by Schinkel for a Salzburg mountain landscape painted in 1812.
The present work is most comparable to the "geringsten Leisten" group listed in: v. Roenne no. 4, illus. 29, moulded frames of ca. 7cm in width.