Lot 247
  • 247

August Friedrich Siegert

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Description

  • August Friedrich Siegert
  • Children in the Painter's Studio
  • signed A Siegert and dated 1861 (lower right)

  • oil on canvas
  • 29 by 24 in.
  • 74 by 61 cm

Exhibited

Possibly, Paris, Salon, 1861, no. 2887 (from the collection of Mr. L. Werner)

Condition

Very good condition. Unlined. Under UV: A heavy varnish fluoresces unevenly. Pindots of inpainting to the left of the eldest girl's head in the tapestry.
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