World Treasures: Important Russian, Asian, European & American Works
June 3rd & 4th, 2014
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Day One - Lots 1-534
Day Two - Lots 535-1136


 
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LOT 303
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Lot 303
ALBERT FRIEDRICH RUDOLF KORNEK (German 1813-1905)
The Virgin and Child with St. Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist-circa 1850
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right and inscribed on verso AKornek Berlin
56.5 inches x 42 inches (143 x 107 cm)
Estimate:  $3,500 - 5,000   € 2,450 - 3,500
Price Realized: $6,250.00

Provenance:

By tradition once owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop Henrich Forster (1799-1881). A noted orator and stanch defender of Catholicism, Forster was the bishop of Breslau and was deposed during the Kulturkamp in Germany. Before sentence was imposed he moved to the Bohemian part of the diocese where he remained the acting prince-bishop.


Albert Kornek was born in Breslau, Germany and went on to a distinguishing career as painter of historical and religious genre as well as society portraits. His works are found in numerous private and public collections. He was a student of both the Berlin Academy as well as the Dusseldorf Academy. As depicted in the offered painting, he was known for large and impressive works drawing on Italian Renaissance styles and fashions.


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