Lot 33
  • 33

Ernst Bosch German, 1834-1917

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Description

  • Ernst Bosch
  • Fern der Heimat (Far from Home)
  • signed and dated E. Bosch 1868 l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 64cm., 20 by 25¼in.

Provenance

Schloss Braunschweig (until deascessioned circa 1955)
Purchased by the present owner from the above

Literature

Jakobus Reimers, Katalog der zur Fideikommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig und Lüneburg gehörigen Sammlung von Gemälden und Skulpturen im Provinzialmuseum, Hanover, 1905, no. 30

Condition

Original canvas. There are some scattered specks of infilling to the craquelure, notably to the man lying down and to the cart. Apart from some small spots of paint loss to the centre of the lower edge of the work and some faint craquelure, the paint surface is overall in good condition. Held in a plaster moulded gilt frame.
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