Lot 408
  • 408

Karl-Avgust Matveevich Schreintzer

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Karl-Avgust Matveevich Schreintzer
  • portrait of an elegant lady
  • signed in Latin and dated 1848 l.r.
  • watercolour on paper heightened with gouache
  • image size: 27 by 21cm., 10 1/2 by 8 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner
Thence by descent

Condition

The sheet appears sound but slightly discoloured. The colours are fairly fresh. Held in a gold painted wooden frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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