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18 Ochre and Umber Near-monochrome paintings in ochre and umber are characteristic of Jan van Goyen’s late works. He renders detailed and evocative depictions of everyday village life in a virtuoso manner, as in this river landscape with windmill. Jan van Goyen (1596–1656). A river landscape with a walled town and a windmill. 1651. Oil on paper on panel. 26.4 × 41.3 cm. Estimate: CHF 120 000/160 000. Auction 26 March 2021 Barocchetto genovese The Genovese Baroque was the defining artistic movement in Genoa and Liguria from the firs t decades of the 17 th century until the advent of neoclassicism in the mid-18 th century. The mar - quetry on this chest of drawers is typical of ‘barocchetto genovese’ furniture. An Italian Rococo chest of drawers. Genoa, circa 1750. Estimate: CHF 20 000/30 000. Auction 25 March 2021 Meissen before Meissen So-called ‘Böttger stoneware’ was actually invented before the founding of the Meissen manufactory in 1710. This ‘jasper porcelain’ was developed over several years from 1707 by Johann Friedrich Böttger and a team of specialists, including a physicist, a mineralogist and a goldsmith. By 1713, however, the white hard-paste por- celain developed by Meissen had become so popular that the stoneware production was discontinued. Böttger stoneware covered teapot, Meissen, circa 1710. The model by Johann Jakob Irminger. H 9.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 15 000/25 000. Ducret Collection, Auction 25 March 2021 We ll-known model This timepiece is a faithful replica of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s clock no. 358 3 from 1820. The Musée international d'horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fond s reiss ued ten copies of this clock in 1983, the proceeds of which were used t o finan ce the restoration of the original. A rare reproduction of a pendulum clock ‘à trois roues’ with Republican and Greg orian calendars, by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Paris, designed circa 1795. Estim ate: CHF 20 000/30 000. Auction 25 March 2021