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RELIEF PANEL “NIHIL EST VIRTUTE AMABILIUS”
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Georg Klimt

RELIEF PANEL “NIHIL EST VIRTUTE AMABILIUS”

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1900

Origine Austrian

Dimension 24 x 29 cm (9¹/₂ x 11³/₈ inches)

Designed and executed by: Georg Klimt, Vienna, around 1900

Copper, very finely chiselled, very beautiful original patina, excellent original condition

High-quality Viennese craftsmanship

unframed: H 24 cm, W 29 cm

framed: H 37 cm, W 42 cm

"Nihil est virtute amabilius" ("Nothing is more amiable than virtue") is

a quote from Cicero (De Amicitia, ch. 28).


Many of the reliefs created by Georg Klimt were commissioned works for decorative panels used by first-class Viennese cabinet makers, such as Michael Niedermoser and August Ungethüm, to decorate their furniture.


Date: 1900

Origine: Austrian

Dimension: 24 x 29 cm (9¹/₂ x 11³/₈ inches)

Provenance: Provenance:
private property, Austria

Literature:

Ref.: Thieme/Becker (eds.),
Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, vol. XX, Leipzig, pp. 503



 


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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

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