On the first of two auction days on December 1, Neumeister holds a special auction on Napoleon I, on the occasion of the 200th year of his death.

As soon as he had crowned himself, the Emperor of the French abolished the republican calendar, at the end of 1805 the new era of the revolution came to an end.

But it still shows a floor clock with its movement, manufactured by Henry Lepaute between 1800 and 1805 in Paris and installed in a mahogany case (estimate 210,000 / 220,000 euros).

Many lots are dedicated to the image of Napoleon: medals, reliefs, caricatures and, last but not least, a marble bust from Carrara, which follows the archetypal model of the laurel-crowned by Antoine-Denis Chaudet (60,000 / 80,000). The first wife, Joséphine, is reminded of a power of attorney that she issued in relation to Malmaison Castle; It once belonged to the great American Napoleonica collector Calvin Bullock (2500/3000). Marie-Louise, wife number two, immortalized Lorenzo Bartolini around 1811 in marble (35,000 / 50,000) and her son Napoleon Franz is available as a small bronze bust (3000/4000). Portraits of companions and contemporaries are also offered, as well as furniture and handicrafts from the Premier Empire, the style that Napoleon and his entourage wanted and promoted.

December 2nd starts with objects and art from the 15th to the 21st century. This includes a Meissen travel service that is said to come from the Württemberg royal family (9000/9500). A large-format triptych about the Adoration of the Magi, which is assigned to the circle of Jan van Scorel, costs 30,000 to 40,000 euros; the holy clan, which the Rococo master Matthäus Günther placed in majestic architecture, 10,000 to 12,000 euros. The offer for the 19th century culminates in the "harem scene" of two women in tiger skin, which Rodolphe Ernst identifies as a representative of oriental painting, which is known to be inspired by Napoleon's Egyptian campaign - for an estimated 150,000 to 180,000 euros.

Defregger, on the other hand, is traditionally Bavarian.

Carl Spitzweg's oil sketch allows a “chat” to take place in front of the “Storchen Apotheke” (60,000 / 80,000).

Max Pechstein's “Keitelkähne” from 1920 try it for the second time, this time for 250,000 to 350,000 euros.

Around the same time, Max Liebermann painted his “kitchen garden in Wannsee to the northeast” (150,000 / 200,000) and Max Slevogt a light forest landscape near Neukastel (30,000 / 50,000).

A black and white negative image of “Fulton Ferry Landing” on the Brooklyn Bridge, Vera Lutter took it with a pinhole camera (edition of 10; 6000/8000), is one of a selection of attractive photographic works.