auction house |
Hereditas Antikvárium |
date of auction |
d-m-Y H:i |
title of auction |
17. árverés – Miscellanea ex libris Borda Lajos |
date of exhibition |
2025. szeptember 22 - október 2. | hétköznap 11.00 - 17.00 óráig |
auction contact |
+36 30 442 1386 | info@hereditasantikvarium.hu | www.hereditasantikvarium.hu |
link of auction |
https://axioart.com/aukcio/2025-10-03/17-konyvarveres-hereditas |
57. item
(Berei Farkas András): Portraits of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Emperor Francis I of Austria, and King Frederick William III of Prussia.
Single-leaf coloured copper engraving. Part of the series of “substitute prints” produced by the poet in 1829. Though dated 1815, presumably after the conclusion of the Congress of Vienna. Although inscribed below “Berei Farkas metszette Pesten” (engraved in Pest by Berei Farkas), Béla Tóth claimed it was not Berei’s own work but made to his order. According to the caption at the bottom, it was sponsored by Archbishop István Fischer of Eger.
Dimensions: 160 × 100 mm (180 × 110 mm).
Knapp–Berei: V. 1/B.
starting price: 120 000