A carved giltwood cartouche with an eagle in ...
A carved giltwood cartouche with an eagle in flight
A dynamic model of a perching eagle with outstretched wings before a broad scrollwork cartouche, the reverse flattened. Earlier insect damage, minor replacements, wear, and retouches. H ca. 45, W 105 cm.
Attributed to the studio of Andreas Schlüter, early 18th C.
** Provenance
Acquired by Spik in Berlin in 1956.
The Giese Family Collection.
** Exhibitions
Exhibited in: Marcel Broodthaers "Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute", Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1972.
According to tradition, this eagle cartouche originally hung in Berlin Palace in a room which was later refurbished into a tea salon by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1824.
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A carved giltwood cartouche with an eagle in flight
A dynamic model of a perching eagle with outstretched wings before a broad scrollwork cartouche, the reverse flattened. Earlier insect damage, minor replacements, wear, and retouches. H ca. 45, W 105 cm.
Attributed to the studio of Andreas Schlüter, early 18th C.
** Provenance
Acquired by Spik in Berlin in 1956.
The Giese Family Collection.
** Exhibitions
Exhibited in: Marcel Broodthaers "Der Adler vom Oligozän bis heute", Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1972.
According to tradition, this eagle cartouche originally hung in Berlin Palace in a room which was later refurbished into a tea salon by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1824.