Lot 1092 D α

Joseph Andreas Weiss - Eichstätt Cathedral Square with Fountain and Numerous Figures

Auction 1266 - overview Cologne
17.05.2025, 11:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century Part I
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
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Joseph Andreas Weiss

Eichstätt Cathedral Square with Fountain and Numerous Figures

Watercolour. 19 x 16.5 cm.

The cathedral square in Eichstätt, which offers a view of the east choir of the cathedral with the chapter sacristy and the Roritz Chapel; to the right is the Willibaldsbrunnen, which Prince-Bishop Johann Euchar Schenk von Castell had built in 1695. Weiss left behind a large number of small pencil drawings and watercolors, which caused great astonishment in his time due to their painterly subtlety, technical confidence and virtuosity. Weiss glorified the cities of Regensburg, Moscow and St. Petersburg in paintings for his various high patrons, including Emperor Nicholas of Russia and Queen Olga of Württemberg. In the last eight years of his career, Weiss was commissioned by King Ludwig II to paint a cityscape of one of Bavaria's eight districts.

Certificate

Karl Gerlinghaus, Munich, 1923.

Provenance

Philip Pfister Collection (1832 - 1889), Munich (collector's stamp on verso: Kunstsammlung Ph. Pfister MÜNCHEN). - Hugo Helbing, Munich, 7.4.1904, lot 70. - Private collection, Germany.