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Eduard Agricola

Lot 113
Nächtlicher Ausbruch des Vesuv, 1837
Oil on canvas

23.0 x 35.4 in (58.5 x 90.0 cm)
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Lot 113
Nächtlicher Ausbruch des Vesuv, 1837
Oil on canvas
23.0 x 35.4 in (58.5 x 90.0 cm)
Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
Auction: 22 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 562
Auction name: 19th Century Art
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Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Numbered by hand “A.5.”, “172”, “6170” verso on the stretcher, with an illegible round stamp and a fragmented label from the shipping company Gustav Knauer, Berlin. 58.5 x 90 cm.

• The artist came from the famous artist family Agricola.
• Between 1830 and 1850, Agricola lived in Rome and Naples and explored the surrounding landscapes.
• Vesuvius, particularly atmospherically depicted here, was one of his favorite subjects.
LITERATURE: Presumably Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 21, no. 14 (“Der Vesuv vom Eingang in den Posilippo aus”. Through the Munich Art Association 38 to Count Waldkirch, Athens. Berlin, exhibition of the Art Association 44). Rudolph Lepkes Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde neuerer Meister aus Museum- und Privatbesitz. Werke von: A. Achenbach, C. Becker, E. de Block, E. Bracht, L. Braun, March 20, 1923, Lot 52.
Presumably Kunstverein Munich, 1838. Presumably Kunstverein Berlin, 1844. Tanz auf dem Vulkan. Leben und Glauben im Schatten des Vesuv, Diözesanmuseum Freising, October 1, 2022 - January 29, 2023, cat. no. 118 (illustrated)
Presumably Clemens August, Count of Waldkirch (1806-1858), Athens (1838). Unidentified museum (until 1923: Lepke). Private collection, Bavaria
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Numbered by hand “A.5.”, “172”, “6170” verso on the stretcher, with an illegible round stamp and a fragmented label from the shipping company Gustav Knauer, Berlin. 58.5 x 90 cm.

• The artist came from the famous artist family Agricola.
• Between 1830 and 1850, Agricola lived in Rome and Naples and explored the surrounding landscapes.
• Vesuvius, particularly atmospherically depicted here, was one of his favorite subjects.
LITERATURE: Presumably Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 21, no. 14 (“Der Vesuv vom Eingang in den Posilippo aus”. Through the Munich Art Association 38 to Count Waldkirch, Athens. Berlin, exhibition of the Art Association 44). Rudolph Lepkes Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde neuerer Meister aus Museum- und Privatbesitz. Werke von: A. Achenbach, C. Becker, E. de Block, E. Bracht, L. Braun, March 20, 1923, Lot 52.
Presumably Kunstverein Munich, 1838. Presumably Kunstverein Berlin, 1844. Tanz auf dem Vulkan. Leben und Glauben im Schatten des Vesuv, Diözesanmuseum Freising, October 1, 2022 - January 29, 2023, cat. no. 118 (illustrated)
Presumably Clemens August, Count of Waldkirch (1806-1858), Athens (1838). Unidentified museum (until 1923: Lepke). Private collection, Bavaria
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