Lot 34 D α

Esther before Ahasver Attributed to Johann Peter Abesch, Sursee, first quarter 18th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 1.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)
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Esther before Ahasver
Attributed to Johann Peter Abesch, Sursee, first quarter 18th C.

Glass panel painted on reverse in transparent pigments. Stained softwood frame, H 33, W 40 cm.

The composition of this finely painted work is based on a painting by Charles Antoine Coypel (1694 - 1752) that hung in the royal bedchamber and was reproduced in an engraving by the "Graveur du Roi" Jean Audran (1667 - 1765) for the royal architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646 - 1708).
Both Johann Peter (1666 - 1731) and his daughter Anna Barbara Abesch (1706 - 1773) created several versions of this composition by Coypel, using varying colour palettes and compositional details.
In 1710, Johann Peter Abesch received a commission from the town of Sursee to paint four large works in oils after French prints for the local town hall. These works also included a version of Esther before Ahasver, which he completed in 1722. The present work may have been carried out in connection with that commission.

Provenance

Auctioned by Sarno, Palermo 2019.

Literature

Cf. Geyssant, Peintures sous verre. Eglomisés fixés et estampes sous verre de l'antiquité à nos jours, Paris 2008, p. 108.