Christ in the house of Simon the Pharisee; and Christ and the children of Zebedee

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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANZ XAVIER KARL PALKO (BRESLAU 1724-1767 MUNICH)
Christ in the house of Simon the Pharisee; and Christ and the children of Zebedee
oil on canvas
22 7⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (58.2 x 46 cm.), each
a pair

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 November 1976, lots 113 and 114, as 'Ascribed to Franz Sigrist.'
[The Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 20, as 'Franz-Xaver-Karl-Palko.'
The Collection of Khalil Rizk, New York.

Literature

E. Baum, Katalog des Österreichischen Barockmuseums im Unteren Belvedere in Wien, Vienna and Munich, 1980, p. 547, under no. 391, as probably autograph replicas.
B. Bushart, 'Der lyrische Maulbertsch', Festschrift Kurt Roassacher Imagination und Imago. Zum 65. Geburtstag von Kurt Rossacher und zum zehnjährigen Bestandsjubiläum des Salzburger Barockmuseums, Salzburg, 1983, p. 39, note 9, as probably not by the artist.
M. Meine-Schawe and M. Schawe, Die Sammlung Reuschel: Ölskizzen des Spätbarock, Munich, 1995, p. 116, under no. 15, note 4, as a replica.
P. Preiss, František Karel Palko: ?ivot a dílo malíre sklonku stredoevropského baroka a jeho bratra Františka Antonína Palka, Prague, 1999, p. 288, nos. OK - 5 and OK - 6, as after Franz Karl Palko.

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

A version on copper of Christ and the Children of Zebedee is in the collection of the Belvedere Museum, Vienna. According to Bruno Bushart (loc. cit.), the pendant to the Vienna painting, also on copper, was sold at Sotheby's, London, some years before the present pair appeared at Dorotheum.

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