Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810-1864)
Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810-1864)

Nature Italienne

Details
Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810-1864)
Nature Italienne
signed lower right A.Calame f Genéve
oil on canvas
100.5 x 141 cm
Painted in 1851
Provenance
Commissioned by Mr. Revel for the Prince Youssoupolf, St. Petersburg, 1851.
Mr. Tutein Nolthenius, Amsterdam 1884.
Literature
E. Rambert, Alexandre Calame, sa vie et son oeuvre d'après les sources orginales, Paris 1884, p. 549, no. 242
V. Anker, Alexandre Calame Vie et Oeuvre, Fribourg 1987, p. 406, no. 503, ill.

Lot Essay

The presnt lot is the pendant to the 'Cours de l'Aar', also painted for the Prince Youssoupolf in 1851 (Anker op cit. no. 502).

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