Piguet
Les baigneuses
huile sur cuivre
Catalogue period : 2016-03-09
Published result : 2000 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 2500–3500
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Friedrich Georg Weitsch
Born : 1758Died : 1828
Friedrich Georg Weitsch came from Brunswick and learned painting from his father, Pascha Johann Friedrich, before studying in Düsseldorf. Alongside portraits, he produced history paintings and landscapes. His Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt of 1806, in Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie, places the scientist in an idealised forest. Flowers in his hands and a herbarium on his knees identify his botanical activity.
The composition also circulated in print: Johann Joseph Freidhoff reproduced it in 1808 after Weitsch. In another painting devoted to Humboldt and Bonpland at the foot of Chimborazo, the artist combines landscape with scientific work. Humboldt receives a sextant from an indigenous companion, while Bonpland bends over a book beneath a tent. Instruments and gestures thus organise the pictorial account of the expedition.
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Piguet
Les baigneuses
huile sur cuivre
Catalogue period : 2015-12-09
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Estimate : CHF 2500–3500
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