3096 - Amiet Cuno

Amiet Cuno 1868 Solothurn – 1961 Oschwand Full-length portrait of a ruler, flanked by pages. Circa 1884 Oil on canvas Monogrammed lower right: CA. Signed on the reverse: Cuno Amiet Framed 35 × 27 cm Galerie Klopfer, Zurich, 1983; private collection, Switzerland; Koller Auctions, Zurich, December 3, 2025, Lot 6470; private collection, Switzerland Franz Müller/Viola Radlach, Cuno Amiet. The Paintings 1883–1919, Zurich 2014, no. 1884.01 (with illustration) "Amiet painted this portrait of the ruler either from a photograph during the first few months of his study stay in Munich in 1886, or he copied, while attending the Solothurn Cantonal School, one of the copies that his drawing teacher, Amanda Engel, had made of works by European masters in museums—primarily at the Pinakothek in Munich and the Louvre in Paris.” (Viola Radlach, Catalog Raisonné of Cuno Amiet) Auction date: November 28, 2026 Approximate auction time: 2:34 p.m. CET