JEAN-FRAN?OIS RAFFA?LLI (1850 Paris 1924) Le quai Malaquais, Paris. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: JF RAFFA?LLI. 70 × 80.5 cm. The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, Paris, 15.2.2021. It will be included in the digital catalogue raisonné currently in preparation. Provenance: - Bernhard Orthmann, Germany. - Jessy Strassburger, USA/Vaduz, by descent from the above. - Private collection Liechtenstein, received as present from the above. - Marianne und Dr. Egmond Frommelt, Vaduz, by descent from the above. - Auction Dorotheum, Vienna, 7.6.2021, lot 535. - German collection, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: Hamburg 1906, Grosse Kunstausstellung / Weihnachts-Ausstellung, Kunstverein in Hamburg, December 1906, no. 85 (label on the reverse). The French painter Jean-Fran?ois Raffa?lli was one of the most important chroniclers of Paris. A committed realist, the self-taught artist brilliantly captured the very specific atmospheric qualities of the city and provided it with figures full of character. His scenes speak their own language, depicting both the transience of a moment and the beauty of the ordinary. The artist achieved this aesthetic through a combination of precise brushwork and the sketchy quality of his compositions, which bowed with equal respect to architecture, nature, officer or dog. Of the latter, in particular, the small dog with black and white fur on the lower right can be found in a number of Raffa?llis city views. It almost seems as if the dog is guiding the viewer on a tour of Paris through the various paintings. The view in the present work is from Quai Malaquais towards the elegant fa?ade of the Collège des Quatre-Nations, the seat of the Institut de France. This autumnal scene skilfully plays with the changing colours of the season’s transition to grey, and yet the shedding leaves and restrained blue sky still suggest a day with a light breeze. Raffa?lli thus gives the viewer a unique sense of being transported into a bygone scene, which thanks to its loose brushwork and well-preserved condition, is as vibrant as it was on the day it was painted. JEAN-FRAN?OIS RAFFA?LLI (1850 Paris 1924) Le quai Malaquais, Paris. ?l auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: JF RAFFA?LLI. 70 × 80,5 cm. **Authentizit?t des Werks wurde von der Galerie Brame & Lorenceau best?tigt, Paris, 15.2.2021. Es wird in den sich in Vorbereitung befindenden digitalen Catalogue critique aufgenommen. Provenienz: - Bernhard Orthmann, Deutschland. - Jessy Strassburger, USA/Vaduz, durch Erbschaft von Obigem. - Privatsammlung Liechtenstein, als Geschenk von Obigem erhalten. - Marianne und Dr. Egmond Frommelt, Vaduz, durch Erbschaft von Obigem. - Auktion Dorotheum, Wien, 7.6.2021, Los 535. - Deutscher Besitz, an obiger Auktion erworben. Ausstellung: Hamburg 1906, Grosse Kunstausstellung / Weihnachts-Ausstellung, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Dezember 1906, Nr. 85 (verso mit Etikett). Der franz?sische Maler Jean-Fran?ois Raffa?lli geh?rt zu den bedeutsamsten Chronisten von Paris. Dem Realismus verpflichtet, versteht es der Autodidakt hervorragend,**Stadt als atmosph?rischen Raum aufzufassen und sie mit charaktervollen Figuren auszustatten. Seine Szenen sprechen eine eigene Sprache,**sowohl das Verg?ngliche eines Momentes als auch**Sch?nheit des Allt?glichen darstellt. Diese ?sthetik erreicht der Künstler in einer Kombination von pr?zisem Duktus und skizzenhafter Komposition,**sich gleichermassen respektvoll vor der Architektur, der Natur, dem Offizier oder dem Hund verneigt. Besonders Letzterer, der kleine Hund mit schwarz-weissem Fell unten rechts, findet sich in mehreren Stadtbildern Raffa?llis wieder. Es scheint als führe der Hund den Betrachter über**verschiedenen Werke durch**Stadt Paris. Im vorliegenden Werk blicken wir vom Quai Malaquais auf**elegante Fassade des Collège des Quatre-Nations, dem Sitz des Instituts de France.**herbstliche Szene spielt gekonnt mit dem farblichen Umbruch in**grauere Jahreszeit, erinnert mit den sich entlaubenden B?umen und dem zurückhaltend blau gemalten Himmel aber noch an einen Tag mit leichter Brise. So entführt uns Raffa?lli auf einzigartige Weise in eine l?ngst vergangene Szenerie,**aufgrund des freien Pinselstrichs und des guten Erhaltungszustandes, so lebendig wirkt wie am Tag ihrer Entstehung. notes:*
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