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Johann Georg Platzer(St. Paul in Eppan 1704-1761)The Battle of the Amazons unframed
4 December 2019, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £100,062.50 inc. premium
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Johann Georg Platzer (St. Paul in Eppan 1704-1761)
The Battle of the Amazons
signed 'JG Plazer' (on wall, lower right)
oil on copper
40.9 x 59.6cm (16 1/8 x 23 7/16in).
unframed
signed 'JG Plazer' (on wall, lower right)
oil on copper
40.9 x 59.6cm (16 1/8 x 23 7/16in).
unframed
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Provenance
Ralph Fletcher, Gloucester
Sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1851, lot 28 'An admirably finished and important work of this rare master' (26 1/2gns. to Rutley)
Sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1989, lot 46 (as Property of a Continental collector), where purchased by the present owner
Johann Georg Platzer specialized in small, highly detailed paintings intended for a connoisseur's cabinet. Spending most of his career in Vienna he mostly painted genre and historical scenes. For his histories and allegories he took his inspiration from antiquity, the Renaissance and Italian and Flemish Baroque art. His use of architectural motifs is derived from northern Italian quadratura painting. He preferred to work on copper, since this material allowed for the minute complexity for which he was so highly prized. This consummate attention to detail, along with his lively subject matter and chromatic and compositional mastery, are all reasons why Platzer's art is still compelling today.
The present work is accompanied with a copy of a certificate from Dr. Walter Berndt (dated 5 January 1978).
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