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Albert Anker, Das Lied der Heimat, 1874, Oil on canvas© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Das Lied der Heimat

Albert Anker (Swiss, 1831–1910) · 1874

CHF 800,000 hammer

≈ $878,480≈ £677,944≈ €742,398

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
83,5 x 99,5 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 272: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (272)
Date
September 18, 2020
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
5
Estimate
CHF 750,000 – — (≈ $823,575) (≈ £635,573) (≈ €695,998)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Martin Franel, Geneva, 1874
  • Hermann Bürki, Bern, 1931
  • Private collection, Deisswil, by descent to
  • Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibitions (7)
  • Aarau/Bern/Genf/Lausanne 1874, Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, cat. no. 214
  • Lucerne 1874, Kunsthalle, Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, cat. no. 11
  • Solothurn 1894, Reitschule, Schweizerische Kunstausstellung
  • Zurich 1911, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung Albert Anker, cat. no. 12
  • Bern 1928, Kunsthalle, Albert Anker, cat. no. 14, label on verso
  • Bern 1931, Kunstmuseum, Albert Anker Jahrhundertausstellung, cat. no. 29, label on verso
  • Ins 1981, Sporthalle, Der Maler und seine Welt, cat. no. 56, label on verso
Literature (5)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Kuthy, Sandor / Bhattacharya-Stettler, Therese: Albert Anker. Werkkatalog der Gemälde und Ölstudien. Bern 1995, p. 125, no. 193
  • Catalogue raisonné: Livre de vente: 18 October 1874: de M. Franel à Genève pour Chant de la Patrie 1900
  • Beat von Tscharner von Bürier, Jahresbericht dem bernischen Kantonal-Kunstverein in der Hauptversammlung am 10. März 1875 mitgetheilt, Bern 1875, p. 7
  • Albrecht Rytz, Der Berner Maler Albert Anker. Ein Lebensbild, Bern 1911, Stämpfli & Cie, p. 52
  • Robert Meister, Albert Anker - der "Schweizer Maler"? Erfundene Schweiz/La Suisse imaginée. Konstruktionen nationaler Identität, Zurich 1992, Chronos, p. 302

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