Lot 556
  • 556

Anton Weinberger German, 1843-1912

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Anton Weinberger
  • A three-fold screen depicting hunting scenes
  • Signed and dated 1889 l. l.
  • Oil on canvas
  • Side panels (each): 154.5 by 59 cm. Central panel: 154.5 by 79 cm.

Condition

Central panel: Original canvas. Minor buckling in right upper corner. Minor/scattered paint losses throughout the canvas. A restoration with adjoining re-touches centrally in the antler with a large patch on reverse. Large re-touched area left of legs. Some scattered re-touches and restorations throughout the body. Minor re-touches along the lower edge. Would benefit from cleaning. Right panel: Restored diagonal tear of approximately 14cm. centrally in upper part of the sky. Re-touched area to hind leg of hound. Scattered re-touches throughout background and foreground. Would benefit from cleaning. Left panel: Large sauced-in area centrally in the sky. large restored vertical tear of approximately 25cm. along the upper edge. Large restored T-shaped tear to the lower dog. Would benefit from cleaning.
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