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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 around 1900

Medium Copper

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

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: around 1900

Medium: Copper

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

Provenance:

Private property, Austria

Newly added cat. no. H21/21

Literature:

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

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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement

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