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Nicolas-Antoine TAUNAY (Paris, 1755-1830) Paysage italianisant, circa 1800 Oil on canvas 45 x 56 cm Bearing on the back a handwritten label in German: "venu par succession de la collection de mes parents...Paysage par Tonnay...évalué 400 francs....Lilla Deichmann Schaaffhausen'" Lilla [Elisabeth] Deichmann Schaaffhausen (1811-1888), born into a family of German bankers, married a banker: Wilhelm Deichamnn. In 1853, they acquired a baroque castle (Deichmannsaue) as a summer residence near Bonn. She was a woman of character: not only did she have 11 children, but she also ran a famous salon, receiving artists and personalities such as the Kronprinz of Prussia and his wife, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Max Bruch. In their home, Brahms composed his Piano Sonata op. 1 in 1753. In addition, she was the first woman to study ophthalmology and was the director of the hospital in Bad-Ems during the 1870 war, and later in Jagdschloss Waberne near Kasssel. In 1878, she became a citizen of Lichtenstein; she also lived in Vaduz, then returned to Germany. She undoubtedly had a collection, which remains to be studied; but she seems to have loved this period of French painting, as she also owned a painting by Jean-Louis Demarne, sold at Christie's in London (10 July 2002, no. 84, sold for £19,120). We thank Mrs Claudine Lebrun Jouve for confirming the authenticity of this work from a photograph.
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Nicolas-Antoine TAUNAY (Paris, 1755-1830) Paysage italianisant, circa 1800 Oil on canvas 45 x 56 cm Bearing on the back a handwritten label in German: "venu par succession de la collection de mes parents...Paysage par Tonnay...évalué 400 francs....Lilla Deichmann Schaaffhausen'" Lilla [Elisabeth] Deichmann Schaaffhausen (1811-1888), born into a family of German bankers, married a banker: Wilhelm Deichamnn. In 1853, they acquired a baroque castle (Deichmannsaue) as a summer residence near Bonn. She was a woman of character: not only did she have 11 children, but she also ran a famous salon, receiving artists and personalities such as the Kronprinz of Prussia and his wife, Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Max Bruch. In their home, Brahms composed his Piano Sonata op. 1 in 1753. In addition, she was the first woman to study ophthalmology and was the director of the hospital in Bad-Ems during the 1870 war, and later in Jagdschloss Waberne near Kasssel. In 1878, she became a citizen of Lichtenstein; she also lived in Vaduz, then returned to Germany. She undoubtedly had a collection, which remains to be studied; but she seems to have loved this period of French painting, as she also owned a painting by Jean-Louis Demarne, sold at Christie's in London (10 July 2002, no. 84, sold for £19,120). We thank Mrs Claudine Lebrun Jouve for confirming the authenticity of this work from a photograph.
