In a cheeky grinning pose with his tongue sticking out, wearing a brightly feathered gilt-edged turquoise hat, a white ruff and a gilt-buttoned brightly chequered jacket, a pince-nez suspended from a black ribbon around his neck, on a waisted square socle mounted on an ormolu stepped square plinth base
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high

Margarete Oppenheim (1857-1935) née Eisner, formerly Reichenheim), Berlin; her estate sale, Julius Böhler, Munich, 18-22 May 1936, lot 554 (acquired by I. Rosenbaum).
Max Hoffman, Basel.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2005, lot 82.

The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between the consignor and the Heirs of Margarete Oppenheim. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.

Musée Ariana, Geneva, Au pays de l'or blanc, 1999.

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Margarete Oppenheim née Eisner (1857-1935) was renowned for collecting decorative art, a lifelong interest developed during her first marriage to Georg Reichenheim (1842-1903). After his passing, her focus widened leading to Margarete establishing herself as one of the most important early collectors of Modern art in Germany, with a particular interest in the work of Cézanne, van Gogh and Manet. Her patronage of the Berlin art world continued after her marriage to Franz Oppenheim (1852-1929) in 1907. A member of the German Society for East Asian Art, the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Association and the Association of Friends of Ancient Art, she frequently lent works from her collection to exhibitions and donated several works in her lifetime to Berlin museums. The auction of her estate, held by Julius Böhler in Munich in May 1936 featured more than 1,200 objects, including the present lot.