The dance around the golden calf
Attributed to Johann Peter Abesch, Sursee, first quarter 18th C. - image-1

Lot 33 Dα

The dance around the golden calf Attributed to Johann Peter Abesch, Sursee, first quarter 18th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 1.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)

The dance around the golden calf
Attributed to Johann Peter Abesch, Sursee, first quarter 18th C.

Reverse glass painting in transparent pigments, highlighted in gold. In a later gilded frame, H 33.7, W 39.5 cm.

This finely detailed reverse glass painting follows an engraved drawing by the Augsburg painter and engraver Elias Baeck (1679 - 1747), which was published by Jeremias Wolff (1663 - 1724).

Provenance

Collection of Wilhelm Gartner, Lucerne.

Literature

Illus. in Steiner, ... eine andere Art von Malerey. Hinterglasgemälde und ihre Vorlagen 1550 - 1850, Berlin-Munich 2012, illus. 97.

Exhibitions

2012 Schaezlerpalais der Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg.