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Lot 1517 D α

A picture clock with Cologne Cathedral

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
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A picture clock with Cologne Cathedral

Oil on canvas painting in a softwood surround. Day-running movement with brass striking mechanism, hourly musical chime on six iron gong spirals, spring suspension, short pendulum. H 70, W 89.2, D 13 cm.
Ca. 1800.

This painting depicts Cologne Catherdral prior to its completion seen from the Domhof. In front of the church we see the buildings of the seminary and the church of St. John the Evangelist. This view was disseminated in the form of a print engraved by Johann Andreas Ziegler after a drawing by Laurenz Janscha done in 1789.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia, auctioned by Lempertz Cologne, auction 696 on 20th November 1993, lot 1383.