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Lot 288 Dα

Portrait miniatures of a brother and sister

Auction 1130 - overview Cologne
16.05.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.400 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

Portrait miniatures of a brother and sister

Gouache on ivory. A pair of portraits depicting a boy in a green jacket and a girl in a white dress standing behind tables. In gilt copper frames. Signed and dated: "Einsle pinx. 13 Merz 1823. + 4 Merz" (the youth), "Einsle pinx. 16: Juli 1823" (the girl). Diameter 7.5 cm.
Anton Einsle, Vienna 1823.

This Viennese artist studied at the Academy in Vienna and was appointed court painter there.

Provenance

Acquired in 1997 from D.S. Lavender art dealers, London.

Literature

For more on this artist cf.: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 233.