Lot 1
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Oswald Achenbach

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Oswald Achenbach
  • In der bucht von Neapel (The Bay of Naples, Vesuvius Beyond)
  • signed OswAchenbach lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 40.2 by 60.5cm., 15¾ by 23¾in.

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There are a few flecks of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably to the lower half of the composition. Apart from some undulation to the canvas due to the re-lining, yellowing of the varnish and scattered surface dirt and craquelure, this work is in fair condition. Held in a decorative, wide, bronze-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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