Ludwig Knaus German, 1829-1910

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Description

Ludwig Knaus
Brustbild eines kleinen Mädchens (half-length portrait of a girl)
signed L. Knaus. l.l.
oil on canvas
36.5 by 28cm., 14¼ by 11in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt (acquired 1973; sale: Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 27 February 1999, lot 147)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden; Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Ludwig Knaus 1829-1910, 1979-80, no. 87 (illustrated in the catalogue)

Literature

Wilhelm Zils, 'Ludwig Knaus', Die Kunst dem Volke, no. 36, Munich, 1919, p. 28

Catalogue Note

Painted in 1870.