Furniture & Works of Art - 7th October 2014
Lot 507
Johann Peter Melchior (German
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
Johann Peter Melchior (German, 1742-1825). A pair of portraits of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's parents, Johann Kaspar Goethe and Katherine Elisabeth Textor, coloured wax relief busts, 13.7 x 10cm, mounted as one in a glazed frame, the reverse with a paper label inscribed 'J. P. Melchior'.
Provenance: The collection of Ralph Holland (1917-2012), art historian.