Biedermeierkasten
c. 1820/25, demountable walnut-veneered softwood body with wedge joints and ebonised rod-shaped pilaster strips in the form of caryatids, two doors, pediment-shaped top with rustic scene, c. 232 x 143 x 59 cm, well-maintained condition. (DOC)
Prov.:
‘Castello di Duino’ auction, 11.6.–14.6.1997, from the property of S. A. S. il Principe della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino, of the Italian branch of the Thurn und Taxis family, auction by Beaussant Lefèvre, organised through Stadion, Casa d’Aste in Trieste (I.)
Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Prince Alexander Carl of Thurn und Taxis took Italian citizenship and ‘Italianised’ his name to ‘Torre e Tasso’. King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy also conferred upon him the hereditary title of Duke of Duino. Duino Castle near Trieste is renowned for its idyllic setting and played a very important role in the life of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who stayed at Duino Castle as a guest in 1912 and dedicated his ‘Duino Elegies’ to Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis.
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
c. 1820/25, demountable walnut-veneered softwood body with wedge joints and ebonised rod-shaped pilaster strips in the form of caryatids, two doors, pediment-shaped top with rustic scene, c. 232 x 143 x 59 cm, well-maintained condition. (DOC)
Prov.:
‘Castello di Duino’ auction, 11.6.–14.6.1997, from the property of S. A. S. il Principe della Torre e Tasso, Duca di Castel Duino, of the Italian branch of the Thurn und Taxis family, auction by Beaussant Lefèvre, organised through Stadion, Casa d’Aste in Trieste (I.)
Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Prince Alexander Carl of Thurn und Taxis took Italian citizenship and ‘Italianised’ his name to ‘Torre e Tasso’. King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy also conferred upon him the hereditary title of Duke of Duino. Duino Castle near Trieste is renowned for its idyllic setting and played a very important role in the life of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who stayed at Duino Castle as a guest in 1912 and dedicated his ‘Duino Elegies’ to Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis.
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
