JOHANN LISS (OLDENBURG C.1597-1631 VERONA) - photo 1
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JOHANN LISS (OLDENBURG C.1597-1631 VERONA)

Lot 19
03.12.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 80 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 19 | JOHANN LISS (OLDENBURG C.1597-1631 VERONA)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
JOHANN LISS
(OLDENBURG C.1597-1631 VERONA)
The Prodigal Son
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 26 ¾ in. (50.2 x 67.9 cm.)




Provenance

Private collection, England (according to Weltkunst, 1953).
with Wengraf Old Master Galleries Ltd., London, by 1953, where acquired on 17 April 1958 by,
with Julius Böhler, Munich, where acquired on 12 August 1958 by,
Heinz Kisters (1912-1977), Kreuzlingen.
with Brod Gallery, London, 1969.
Private collection, England.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1979, lot 64.
Saul P. Steinberg (1939-2012), New York, and by descent.



Literature

Dr. L.F-B, in Weltkunst, XXIII, no. 20, 15 October 1953, p. 3.
E. Schilling, 'Betrachtungen zu Zeichnungen von Johan Liss', in Festschrift für Karl Lohmeyer, Saarbrücken, 1954, p. 37, note 2.
K. Steinbart, 'Das Werk des Johann Liss in alter und neuer Sicht', Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell’arte, II, 1958-59, pp. 180-181, fig. 26.
C. Donzelli and G.M. Pilo, I Pittori del Seicento Veneto, Florence, 1967, p. 242.
'Brod Gallery Advertisement', XC, Apollo, July 1969, p. v.
E.A. Safarik, 'La Mostra di Johann Liss', Arte Veneta, XXIX, 1975, p. 303, as possibly a pastiche.
R. Spear, 'Johann Liss Reconsidered', The Art Bulletin, LVIII, no. 4, December 1976, pp. 584, 586, 588 and 590.
R. Klessman, 'Addenda to Johann Liss', The Burlington Magazine, CXXVIII, no. 996, March 1986, p. 192, note 9.
R. Klessman, 'Gartenfeste und Gelag. Ein bevorzugtes Bildthema von Johann Liss', Kunst und Antiquitaten, IX, 1992, pp. 30-1, fig. 5.
J. Wojciechowski, 'A Preparatory Drawing for Liss’s "Temptation of St. Anthony"', The Burlington Magazine, CXXXVIII, no. 1116, March 1996, p. 191.
R. Klessmann, Johann Liss: A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Doornspijk, 1999, pp. 71 and 138, no. 10, pl. 23.



Exhibited

London, Arcade Gallery, Italian Influence on French, Flemish and Dutch Painting 1550-1650, 17 March-10 April 1954, no. 16.
Bregenz, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxi, Meisterwerke der Malerei aus Privatsammlungen im Bodenseegebiet, 1 July-30 September 1965, no. 58 (lent by Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen).
Augsburg, Rathaus; Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Johann Liss, 2 August 1975-7 March 1976, no. A33, with catalogue entry by A. Tzeutschler Lurie.
Artist:Johann Liss (1597 - 1631)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Baroque, Old Masters
Genre:Genre art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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