Koller View 1/20

2 Ladies and gentlemen, Dear clients and friends, In our spring auctions we are pleased to offer a selection of works of art that have been in private collections for decades – some even for centuries. Important objects that have long been out of public view will now be auctioned, some for the first time. These exquisite collections are the expression of a pronounced will to discover and preserve the extraordinary, to assemble rarities and to initiate dialogues between works of art and periods. Many of these objects tell stories and have histories that retain their fascination, even in the 21 st century. Today we can admire the timeless elegance of an 18 th -century Lieutaud chest of drawers as well as the tech- nical sophistication of a marquetry “table mécanique” from the Roentgen workshop (pp. 8/9). Other works bear witness to the deeply religious practices prevalent in the Middle Ages (pp. 3/4), to the enlightened striv- ing for knowledge of nature (p. 13) or to the adventurous and successful life of a Bernese patrician in the Piedmont-Sardinian army (p. 14). In a catalogue of its ownwe present a fine collection of 19 th and 20 th centuryworks of art – fromCorot, Boudin, and Fantin-Latour to Liebermann, Corinth and Purrmann. I would be delighted to welcome you personally to our premises in the Hardturmstrasse. And I invite you to make a virtual visit via our website, where you can view all the works that we will auction from 23 to 27 March. Yours, Cyril Koller OUR view. P. 2 Editorial PRE view. P. 3–17 Preview of the March 2020 Auctions RE view. P. 18/19 Review of the December 2019 Auctions OVER view. P. 19 Contacts CALENDAR view. P. 20 A Bohemian pietra dura plaque. 17 th century. Attributable to the workshop of Giovanni Castrucci. 40 × 52 cm. Estimate: CHF 15 000/25 000 KOLLERview is published four times annually, in English and in German. Edition: 16 000 copies. Next issue: June 2020. All auction results include buyer’s premium. 1 CHF = € 0.94 (as of 7 February 2020) Cover: Fede Galizia (see p. 15) Texts: Dr Tilo Richter Layout: Laura Koller Translations: Karl Green Photography: Koller Auctions Ltd