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Anton Sohn

German · 1769–1840 · Painter, Sculptor

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3auction results2017–2021years recorded100%sold (3)$9.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Anton Sohn, The Zizenhausen Danse Macabre, Clay, the reverse flattened, with the original polychromy. This lot features 21 of the total of 42 figures that make up this Danse Macabre series, which was completed in around 1822 and was based on the Danse Macabre painted on the graveyard wall of the Dominican Abbey in Basel, the motifs of which were first disseminated in printed form in 1623 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. Alongside the „bone house“ with skeletons making music, we also see the figures of the Pope, cardinal, bishop, abbot, abbess, queen, king, duke, duchess, nobleman, noblewoman, knight, youth, infidel, painter, lady painter, cook, grocer, blind man, lame man, and the fool. The plinths are labelled with the accompanying texts on paper. In good overall condition with near flawlessly preserved polychromy. With minimal breakages and repairs to the figures of the bishop and the blind man. Height 13-The Zizenhausen Danse MacabreLempertz · €32,500≈ $36,631≈ £27,277Sign up to see
  2. Anton Sohn, Spring Morning on the Lower Rhine, Oil on canvasSpring Morning on the Lower RhineLempertz · €8,750≈ $9,862≈ £7,344Sign up to see
  3. Anton Sohn, Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse Macabre, Flattened to the reverse, with original polychromy. Twenty-one figures from the fourty-two figure series first modelled in 1822. The figures follow the prints by Matthäus Merian the Elder first published in 1623 after the frescoes of the cemetary walls of the Dominican Abbey in Basel. Alongside the Fall of Man with Adam and Eve and the House of Bones, this series also includes the figures of death dancing with the pope, the emperor, the empress, a cardinal, a duke, duchess, knight, councillor, canon, doctor, cripple, youth, piper, executioner, chandler, jew, heathen man, heathen woman, and peasant. The plinths bear glued on paper inscriptions with the accompanying texts. Minimal wear and glued repairs. Height 13-Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse MacabreLempertz · €8,060≈ $9,507≈ £7,204Sign up to see

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Anton Sohn, The Zizenhausen Danse Macabre, Clay, the reverse flattened, with the original polychromy. This lot features 21 of the total of 42 figures that make up this Danse Macabre series, which was completed in around 1822 and was based on the Danse Macabre painted on the graveyard wall of the Dominican Abbey in Basel, the motifs of which were first disseminated in printed form in 1623 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. Alongside the „bone house“ with skeletons making music, we also see the figures of the Pope, cardinal, bishop, abbot, abbess, queen, king, duke, duchess, nobleman, noblewoman, knight, youth, infidel, painter, lady painter, cook, grocer, blind man, lame man, and the fool. The plinths are labelled with the accompanying texts on paper. In good overall condition with near flawlessly preserved polychromy. With minimal breakages and repairs to the figures of the bishop and the blind man. Height 13-
The Zizenhausen Danse Macabre
Lempertz · Nov 20, 2021
€32,500Sign up free to see
Anton Sohn, Spring Morning on the Lower Rhine, Oil on canvas
Spring Morning on the Lower Rhine
Lempertz · Nov 20, 2021
€8,750Sign up free to see
Anton Sohn, Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse Macabre, Flattened to the reverse, with original polychromy. Twenty-one figures from the fourty-two figure series first modelled in 1822. The figures follow the prints by Matthäus Merian the Elder first published in 1623 after the frescoes of the cemetary walls of the Dominican Abbey in Basel. Alongside the Fall of Man with Adam and Eve and the House of Bones, this series also includes the figures of death dancing with the pope, the emperor, the empress, a cardinal, a duke, duchess, knight, councillor, canon, doctor, cripple, youth, piper, executioner, chandler, jew, heathen man, heathen woman, and peasant. The plinths bear glued on paper inscriptions with the accompanying texts. Minimal wear and glued repairs. Height 13-
Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse Macabre
Lempertz · Nov 18, 2017
€8,060Sign up free to see

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