The Preview of Hampel Fine Art Sale - Selected Artworks Part I

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky, 1817 – 1900
TURKISH PAVILION ON RIVERSIDE WITH MEN PRAYING AT FULL MOON

Oil on canvas. 46 x 68 cm. Signed and dated “1875” lower right. Literature: The painting is published in: G. Caffiero, I. Samarine, Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, London 2000, plate 51, ill. 97. And: G. Caffiero, I. Samarine, Light, Water and Sky: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, London 2000, p. 300, cat. no. CS-1875-004. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Russian art

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky, 1817 – 1900 SHIP IN DISTRESS

Oil on canvas. 68 x 46.5 cm. Signed and dated “1875” lower left. Helmsman at the wheel with other people pleading for help in the stormy waves. The scene increased by the tilt of the ship's deck, with a view of the dangerous rushing waves in the background. The dramatic happenings in the night moonlight, which makes the spray light up. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Russian art

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin,1832 Yelabuga, Russia – 1898 Saint Petersburg - INTERIOR WITH YOUNG WOMAN AT A TABLE IN FRONT OF WINDOW

Oil on canvas. 59 x 39 cm. The woman standing at the window is the artist’s second wife Evgenia. A collector and member of the Warsaw District Court, B.I. Khanenko probably mentions this painting in a letter dated 1877. A detailed report by Markov Alexey Olegovich is enclosed. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Russian art

Significant Louis XIV chest of drawers with Boulle marquetry, stamped "Sageot"

H: 86cm. W: 120 cm. D: 62.5 cm. Gold-plated profile strip, gilded bar decoration. Cherry fronts, cover plate and sides with Boulle inlays. Other fantasy figures with plume hats in the other decorative elements. The figurative decoration is closely related to the prevailing Chinoiserie style. On the sides, large, likewise gilded applications with women masks. Interior of the drawers in solid walnut. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Furniture & Interior

Giovanni Antonio Dosio, around 1533 - 1610

Height: 85 cm. Width: 66 cm. Depth: 34 cm. The sculptor and architect was a pupil of Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511 - 1592). The life-size bust is carved in white, slightly gray Carrara marble. The Doge Giovanni Battista Cicala Zoagli (1484-1565) ruled the Republic of Genoa in the years 1561 - 1563. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Furniture & Interior

Rare Italian box,  16th century

11.4 x 18 x 11.8 cm. Wooden box covered with velvet, ormolu fittings. Lined with red velvet on the inside, in good condition. Velvet on outside faded. Bottom cover renewed, one plaque replaced, with signs of aging and wear.
Comparisons: A similar box was held at the Gustav Leonhardt Collection. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Sculpture & Works of art

Leonhard Kern, 1588 – 1662 BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP

Height incl. plinth: 11.5 cm. Total height incl. round marble base: 19.2 cm. So-called “piggyback-group“. Cast in brown, patinated and finely carved bronze, in accordance with the model by the design of Kern from the mid-17th century. Several replicas of this figural group are known. The bronze group has been extensively described in art historical annotations. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Sculpture & Works of art

Important palatial KPM porcelain vase with a view of the Old Palace in Berlin

Height: 56 cm. Stamped “KPM” in red, surmounted by the imperial orb and dark green round stamp with imperial eagle and edge inscription “Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur” (Royal porcelain manufacture), painter's mark in blue. Berlin, ca. 1856 – 1870. Classic krater amphora shape. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Porcelain

Théodore Géricault, 1791 – 1824 PORTRAIT OF A SHIPWRECKED MAN (ALSO KNOWN AS HEAD STUDY)

Oil on canvas. 55.8 x 45.8 cm. Signed “GÉRICAULT”  on the top left. Restoration report by Laurence Baron-Callegari, 2007. Examination report dated 2008 with various methods of investigation. Examples of comparison: A similar study of a head by Géricault, however with divergent dimensions (46.5 x 37.3 cm) is held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besancon. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Impressionists, Modern Art & 19th Century Paintings 

Bernard Buffet, 1928 Paris – 1999 Tourtour/ South of France - FLOWERS AND FRUIT I (FLEURS ET FRUITS I)

Oil on canvas. 81 x 60 cm. Signed top right, dated “1991” lower right. The light atmosphere from Buffet’s late work is emphasized by the luminous polychromy of the floral and fruit arrangement that stands out effectively against the white and vertically structured wall. A copy of the expert’s report by Maurice Garnier, Paris, dated 7 April 1998 is enclosed confirming the authenticity of the painting. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: Impressionists, Modern Art & 19th Century Paintings

A Large Male Ancestral Figure of the Hemba People

Height: 73 cm. Total height incl. base: 79 cm. The first third of the 20th century. Stylized face with typical facial features and classic style of expression of the Hemba people. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: The Collection Dr. Meyn African art

An Ancestral Figure of the Hemba People

Height: 48.5 cm. Hemba, Congo. The left hand is laid on the body while the right hand is holding a staff (top broken off). Mounted on a metal base plate. See Price Estimate...

Catalogue: The Collection Dr. Meyn African art