Lot 105
  • 105

Max Friedrich Rabes

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Max Friedrich Rabes
  • The Tomb of Absalom
  • Signed Max Rabes and inscribed Berlin 1906, lower right

  • oil on canvas
  • 48 by 69 in.
  • 121.9 by 175.3 cm.

Provenance

Collection of Kaiser Wilhelm II, painted for him in 1906 during a trip to the Holy Land (according to a plaque affixed to the frame)

Condition

In good condition. The canvas is lined. Minor pigment separation in the trees at center, the trees to the left of the tomb, and in the reddish field at right. (UV unavailable at the time)
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