Following the international success of the special auction of the Rohde-Hinze Collection, the next Orangerie auction will once again awaken a new desire to see. The catalogue is a top-class crossover from Italian Gothic to Baroque and Classicism to Parisian Art Deco.
Rediscovery of art history: the highlight of the Orangerie auction on 26 November is the Annunciation group by Andrea Pisano (150,000-200,000 euros). The marble sculptures were created around 1345, a short time after the bronze doors of the Baptistery, which made art history. The Annunciation group also shows the strong influence of Giotto, after whose designs Pisano worked and whom he succeeded as master builder of the cathedral in 1340.
Travelling around the world: Two rare furniture groups from Ming Dynasty China were made from Huanghuali wood, which was exclusively reserved for the imperial court (pair of cabinets: 80,000 euros and sideboard: 60,000 euros).
The range of treasures from all over the world also extends from the Netzuke from a North German collection (from 400 euros), to colourful 19th century quilts from the USA (6,000-8,000 euros each), a large tile field from the Persian Qajar dynasty (15,000-20,000 euros) and a rare Labidjar kilim from Uzbekistan (5,000-7,000 euros).
Great masters of European arts and crafts: With exceptional works of art, the auction brings together artists such as Matthias Wallbaum, Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, John Linnell, René Dubois, Jean-Henri Riesener, Thomas Hope, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Dagobert Peche and Josef Hoffmann.
Paintings and prints with history: paintings, drawings and prints from the Orangerie are by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Gerard von Kügelgen, Anton Graff, Hieronymus Bosch and Francisco de Goya. The idiosyncratic portrait of the legendary Earl-Bishop of Bristol by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (20,000-25,000 euros) stands out, as it anticipates the famous leg sweep of his Frankfurt portrait of Goethe.
Provenances with conversation quality: A lidded vase made of cream-coloured onyx comes from the collection of the founding couple of the Albertina Graphic Collection in Vienna, Duke Albert of Saxony-Teschen and Archduchess Christine of Austria (30,000-35,000 euros). The preparatory drawing for this was discovered in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
A plate with chinoiserie and the so-called salami medallion (20,000-30,000 euros) from the early phase of the Meissen porcelain manufactory was pressed from the collections of Franz Oppenheimer and Fritz Mannheimer for the museum in Linz planned by Hitler - the amicable agreement with the heirs means that this work of art can now fully unfold its aura again.
From the estate of Gunter Sachs comes a pair of cathedral armchairs by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann from 1913 (200,000-250,000 euros) made of Macassar wood and ivory.