Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Lot 232 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 9,375

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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Johann Brockmann (1745-1812), in silver breastplate, white shirt with van Dyck collar, white sash falling over his right shoulder
on ivory
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame

Dr Ludwig Flesch-Festau Collection, Vienna, in 1924.
Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1979, lot 40 (as 'a nobleman').

Specialist note

Johann Brockmann was an Austrian actor who shot to fame in 1766 when he acted the title role in Friedrich Schröder's famous production of Hamlet in Hamburg. After successful guest appearances in Berlin, Brockmann was called to the Burgtheater where he remained for the rest of his life.