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L'embarquement (esquisse pour Joséphine)
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WOLFGANG-ADAM TÖPFFER (GENEVA 1766-1847 MORILLON)
L'embarquement (esquisse pour Joséphine)
oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 26 ½ in. (59.4 x 67.3 cm.)
Painted before 1814.
L'embarquement (esquisse pour Joséphine)
oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 26 ½ in. (59.4 x 67.3 cm.)
Painted before 1814.
Provenance
The artist, commissioned by Empress Joséphine, but not completed before her death in 1814.
His estate sale; Geneva, 1847, no. 69.
Private collection, Geneva.
Gustave Martin, Geneva.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 27 November 1984, lot 40.
Patrice de Weck, Geneva.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Zurich, 17 June 1991, lot 254, as L'embarquement pour la noce.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Their sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 5 June 1996, lot 30, as L'embarcation de la noce.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
His estate sale; Geneva, 1847, no. 69.
Private collection, Geneva.
Gustave Martin, Geneva.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 27 November 1984, lot 40.
Patrice de Weck, Geneva.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Zurich, 17 June 1991, lot 254, as L'embarquement pour la noce.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Their sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 5 June 1996, lot 30, as L'embarcation de la noce.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Boissonnas, Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer (1766-1847): catalogue raisonné des peintures, Bern, 2011, p. 168, no. LBP 82, illustrated.
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