Friedrich Justin Bertuch
Die Rosen-arten nach Natur, 1804, contemporary morocco portfolio
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 20
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 20
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
Price realised: 50.400 GBP
Description
Friedrich Justin Bertuch
Die Rosen-arten nach Natur gezeichnet aus der Sammlung des H.S.W. Legations Raths, F.I. Bertuch zu Weimar. 1804
Folio (355 x 254 mm.), 50 original watercolour drawings of roses, contemporary morocco portfolio with original ties and blue satin pastedown
FROM THE LIBRARY OF MARIA FEODOROVNA, EMPRESS CONSORT OF RUSSIA.
A most attractive portfolio of original watercolours depicting roses and their rose hips by the councillor and secretary to Duke Karl August of Saxony-Weimar, Baron von Bertuch. A friend of Goethe's, Bertuch was a patron of the arts and this collection of flower paintings was exceptionally regarded. Bertuch founded a factory for the production of artificial flowers in 1782, eventually employing 10% of Weimar's population and selling across Germany.
Maria Feodorovna was born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg and was chosen as Paul I of Russia's second wife by Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great. She was a passionate artist, designer and horticulturalist, and the palaces of Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Tsarskoe Selo, the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and The Hermitage were remodelled and furnished under her personal guidance. At Pavlovsk, she employed the Italian architect Carlo Rossi to redesign the library so that it could house more than twenty thousand books.
Die Rosen-arten nach Natur gezeichnet aus der Sammlung des H.S.W. Legations Raths, F.I. Bertuch zu Weimar. 1804
Folio (355 x 254 mm.), 50 original watercolour drawings of roses, contemporary morocco portfolio with original ties and blue satin pastedown
FROM THE LIBRARY OF MARIA FEODOROVNA, EMPRESS CONSORT OF RUSSIA.
A most attractive portfolio of original watercolours depicting roses and their rose hips by the councillor and secretary to Duke Karl August of Saxony-Weimar, Baron von Bertuch. A friend of Goethe's, Bertuch was a patron of the arts and this collection of flower paintings was exceptionally regarded. Bertuch founded a factory for the production of artificial flowers in 1782, eventually employing 10% of Weimar's population and selling across Germany.
Maria Feodorovna was born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg and was chosen as Paul I of Russia's second wife by Frederick II of Prussia and Catherine the Great. She was a passionate artist, designer and horticulturalist, and the palaces of Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Tsarskoe Selo, the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and The Hermitage were remodelled and furnished under her personal guidance. At Pavlovsk, she employed the Italian architect Carlo Rossi to redesign the library so that it could house more than twenty thousand books.
A top price for Friedrich Justin Bertuch
In May last year Sothebys in London held the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, which included the work Die Rosen-arten nach Natur, 1804, contemporary morocco portfolio by Friedrich Justin Bertuch. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 50,400.00 (€ 59,290.80), 26% above the upper estimate. With this result, Die Rosen-arten nach Natur, 1804, contemporary morocco portfolio is even the most expensive work of art by Friedrich Justin Bertuch that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Friedrich Justin Bertuch
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Die Rosen-arten nach Natur, 1804, contemporary morocco portfolio von Friedrich Justin Bertuch zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 50.400,00 (€ 59.290,80) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Die Rosen-arten nach Natur, 1804, contemporary morocco portfolio sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Friedrich Justin Bertuch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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