October 19, 2024: Fall Fine & Decorative Arts - Day 4
Sat, Oct 19, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 3068
PAIR OF "THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER" MINIATURE PORTRAITS
Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for
$461.25
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
PAIR OF "THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER" MINIATURE PORTRAITS, watercolor, one depicting a mourning woman dressed in her black shawl in front of a monument with "W[E]RTER [sic]" on the front, and a man sitting at his desk with a gun in one hand and a ribbon in the other looking over his shoulder, a paper on his desk reads "CHARLOTTE". Each is housed under reverse painted eglomise convex glass set into a wooden frame mounted with brass decoration. Late 18th/first half 19th century. 4 3/8" x 3 5/8" OA.
Catalogue Note: These miniature portraits depict the characters of Charlotte and Werther from The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, 1749-1832). The story goes, in summary, that a young man, named Werther, falls deeply in love with Charlotte, but Charlotte is already engaged to marry a man called Albert, eleven years her senior. After much conflict, Werther professes that the only way to end the love triangle they are caught in the middle of is if one of them were to die. Werther requests to borrow Albert's two pistols, for a mission unbeknownst to Albert, and he takes his own life.
Mr. Richard Hoover commented on these portraits and his luck finding them at auction in an article published in The Northern Virginia Daily. A copy of this article is retained with the lot.
Literature: Tina Comer, The Northern Virginia Daily - "Richard Hoover: Antique miniatures tell a tale", April 10, 2016.
Condition
Good condition overall, the male's portrait with a crack extending the length of the portrait, each with minor scattered losses to painted surface; eglomise with some minor losses to gilt decorating, and frames with scattered minor wear and losses to alligatored surfaces.
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From the estate of Richard and Catalina Hoover.
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