Lot Essay
The artist is recorded as a Swiss portrait and miniature painter active towards the end of his career in Bern.
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Group portrait of the Bondely children: Albert, Justine, Sophie and Emilie Bondely, full-length, in an interior
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Alexander Speissegger (1750-1798)
Group portrait of the Bondely children: Albert, Justine, Sophie and Emilie Bondely, full-length, in an interior
signed, dated and inscribed with the names and dates of birth of the sitters on the reverse (the inscriptions transcribed onto the relining canvas) 'Justine Bondely - ne le 17me Fevrier 1792 Albert - ne le 18 Fevrier 1793 Sophie - le 14 Juin. 1795 Emilie - le 23 Juillet 1796 p. par Seisgger 1797.'
oil on canvas
16 x 22 in. (42 x 56.5 cm.)
Group portrait of the Bondely children: Albert, Justine, Sophie and Emilie Bondely, full-length, in an interior
signed, dated and inscribed with the names and dates of birth of the sitters on the reverse (the inscriptions transcribed onto the relining canvas) 'Justine Bondely - ne le 17me Fevrier 1792 Albert - ne le 18 Fevrier 1793 Sophie - le 14 Juin. 1795 Emilie - le 23 Juillet 1796 p. par Seisgger 1797.'
oil on canvas
16 x 22 in. (42 x 56.5 cm.)