Hubert Sattler

LOT 684 HUBERT SATTLER VIENNA 1817 - 1904 VIEW OF THE YUMURI VALLEY, NEAR MATANZAS, CUBA Pencil; signed in pencil, lower right: H. Sattler and inscribed in pencil,verso: Das Thal von Yumori bei Matanzas auf Cuba. Im Hintergrundeder 3000 F. hohe pan de Matanzas / Rechts und links in denZuckerfohrfeldern die Dampfmühlen Guadalupe, S. Diego und Mulato.Die Königspalme ist / hier vorherrschend. 5,000—7,000 USD measurements 232 by 350 mm; 9 1/8 by 13 3/4 in Description Pencil;signed in pencil, lower right: H. Sattler and inscribed in pencil,verso: Das Thal von Yumori bei Matanzas auf Cuba. Im Hintergrundeder 3000 F. hohe pan de Matanzas / Rechts und links in denZuckerfohrfeldern die Dampfmühlen Guadalupe, S. Diego und Mulato.Die Königspalme ist / hier vorherrschend. CATALOGUE NOTE Hubert Sattler was a painter of landscapes, architecture andhistorical scenes, who studied first under his father, JohannMichael, and then with J.J. Schindler in his native city, Vienna.He travelled widely, to the Far and Middle East between 1842 and1846 and to North and Central America in 1850, providing a date forthis drawing. As the artist's inscription states, the view depicts the valleyof the river Yumuri, Cuba, with the 3000 ft hills known as the Pande Matanzas in the background. At the center left are theGuadeloupe, San Diego and Mulato sugar mills, all powered bysteam. CATALOGUE NOTE Hubert Sattler was a painter of landscapes, architecture andhistorical scenes, who studied first under his father, JohannMichael, and then with J.J. Schindler in his native city, Vienna.He travelled widely, to the Far and Middle East between 1842 and1846 and to North and Central America in 1850, providing a date forthis drawing. As the artist's inscription states, the view depicts the valleyof the river Yumuri, Cuba, with the 3000 ft hills known as the Pande Matanzas in the background. At the center left are theGuadeloupe, San Diego and Mulato sugar mills, all powered bysteam.

HUBERT SATTLER Austrian (1817-1904) "The Isle of Philae with The Temple of Isis in Nubia" oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated 1851. 41 1/2 x 52 1/2 Provenance: Christies, New York, May 24, 1985, lot 43. Other Notes: Property of a corporate collection Estimate $ 15,000-25,000

Hubert Satteler (1817-1904) Synagogue à Tolede, 1893 Huile sur toile, signée et datée. Santa Maria la Blanca fut une synagogue construite en 1180, sous le royaume chrétien de "Castille", par des architectes musulmans pour les offices Juifs. Au XVe siécle, elle fut transformée en église. Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1893. Santa Maria la Blanca is an ancient synagogue built in 1180 in Toledo under the christian kingdom of Castille by islamic architects for jewish use. In the 15th century the building has been changed to a church and was named Santa Maria la Blanca. H_55 cm L_69 cm

Hubert Sattler (Austrian, 1817-1904) View of Cairo, the Citatel with the Mamluk Tombs in theForeground signed and dated 'H. Sattler 1848' (lower right) oil on canvas 16½ x 26¾ in. (41.9 x 68 cm.) Painted in 1848. Pre-Lot Text THE PROPERTY OF A TEXAS COLLECTOR Provenance L. A. Lanthier, New York. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1991, Lot 226(erroneously titled View of Aleppo, Syria). Acquired from the above sale by the present owner. Lot Notes Hubert Sattler was born in Vienna in 1817. Son of exhibitingPanoramist artist, Johann Michael Sattler (1786-1847), Hubert wouldlater become one of Europe's leading Cosmorama artists. TheCosmorama is a type of exhibition where small oil paintings ofworld landmarks are shown in dark rooms with special illuminationand lenses to create the effect of lit windows and give the viewera chance to experience another land. Cosmoramas were mainly used in19th Century Europe and America to educate children and provided asubstitute for arduous foreign travel. As a Cosmorama artist Sattler traveled the globe in search ofsubject matter, visiting Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Italy, Greece, andAmerica. Sattler's eye for detail and skill at depictingarchitecture are evident in the present work, which depicts thegreat Southern Cemetery, or the Qarafa, developed by the BahriMamluks (1250-1382). One can see the Citadel in the distance,however, Sattler's view of the Citadel does not show the Muhammad'Ali Mosque, built between 1827-1857, and ever since it wasfinished a dominating feature of Cairo's skyline. Sattler took hisfirst trip to the Orient in 1842 making him a contemporary of DavidRoberts (Scottish, 1796-1864) and thus not only an earlyOrientalist, but one of the earliest of the Austrian-German School.Sattler's view of the necropolis is similar to that of Roberts'Citadel of Cairo, The Residence of the Pasha (fig. 1). Sattler's topography is fairly accurate and he includes manymonuments which are extant today (fig. 2). It is possible thatSattler sketched the work on location in 1843 during his secondvoyage to the Levant, where it is well documented through hisletters home that he visited Cairo, and then finished it later athis studio, dating the work 1848. Even though Sattler may havetried to create a feeling of verisimilitude, like any artist hewould have constructed his own reality in the picture which mayaccount for some oddments in perspective and placing. The threeminarets are easily recognizable: the Southern minaret, the minaretof Qawsun, and the Northern minaret which belongs to the Khanqah ofSultaniya. The Mausoleum of Sudun, 1505, is also recognizable asthe large domed building to the right of the minaret cluster, withthe small dome of the Tomb of the Amir Sawabi, 1286, next to it.The two domes to the left of the minaret cluster are probably thedomes of the Khanqah of Sultaniya, circa 1350. The open canopytombs on the left belong to 17th and 18th century Ottoman burials,although very few exist today in this area of the necropolis andtombs of this kind are hardly ever so large. We are grateful to Caroline Williams for identifying the monumentsof this painting and for her assistance in cataloguing thiswork. (fig. 1) David Roberts, Citadel of Cairo, The Residence of thePasha (fig. 2) Contemporary view of the Tombs of Mamluks

hubert sattler 1817-1904 corral fishing boats off the coast of cuba signed l.r.: corral/95/c.c. watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour 35.5 by 53cm., 14 by 21in. this watercolour is thought to depict a view at corralillo, a town on the northwestern coast of villa clara, near cardenas in matanzas province, cuba