Live Auction 6451Works of Art from the Collection of the late Lord Forte & An Interior by Francoise de Pfyffer
A SWISS REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING DEPICTING BIRDS AND RABBITS AT A FOUNTAIN
Lot 306

A SWISS REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING DEPICTING BIRDS AND RABBITS AT A FOUNTAIN

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed12 July 2012

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GBP 4,000

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A SWISS REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING DEPICTING BIRDS AND RABBITS AT A FOUNTAIN
MID-18TH CENTURY
The arched panel with ducks, a peacock, a turkey etc. in an ornamental garden; the 18th century Italian giltwood frame with rocaille-carved cresting, pencil inscription to the reverse '...Tableau mirror... Pfyffer 1854'
22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Possibly executed by Anna Maria Pfyffer von Altishofen (d. 1757), née Sonnenberg, a portrait of whom is offered in this sale, lot 332.