Ferdinand Piloty, attributed to - The Entry of Duke Maximilian I. into Prague after the Victory at the White Mountain 1620 - image-1

Lot 2536 Dα

Ferdinand Piloty, attributed to - The Entry of Duke Maximilian I. into Prague after the Victory at the White Mountain 1620

Auction 1153 - overview Cologne
30.05.2020, 14:00 - Art of the 19th Century
Estimate: 9.000 € - 12.000 €
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Ferdinand Piloty, attributed to

The Entry of Duke Maximilian I. into Prague after the Victory at the White Mountain 1620

Oil on canvas. 35 x 88 cm.

The present work is thought to be Ferdinand Piloty's design for the mural in the former Bavarian National Museum in Munich, which was carried out by his colleague, the painter Andreas Müller (1831-1901), between 1863 and 1865. This work has been subsequently inscribed “K. Th. v. Piloty” in the lower right.

Certificate

Dr Horst G. Ludwig, Munich 3.12.2008.

Provenance

South German private collection.

Literature

Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. vol. 2,1, Dresden 1891-1901, p. 277 (Ferdinand Piloty as author of the fresco). - Carl von Spruner: Die Wandbilder des Bayerischen National-Museums, Munich 1868, p. 129 (Execution by Andreas Müller).