Lot 202
  • 202

Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer 1839-1902

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer
  • Promenade in the woods
  • signed FH Kaemmerer lower right and with the artist's device lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 3/4 by 13 1/8 in.
  • 83 by 33.5 cm.

Condition

Lined canvas. The surface is thin and with very fine specs of paint loss through areas, indicating that the paint was lifting at some point; craquelure apparent mostly at upper left. Under UV light: a vertical repaired tear of circa 3 inches runs right of her head and across the shoulder; another repair at lower right, below the plant, but which possibly continues upwards along the right edge. Scattered inpainting here and there but mostly in the upper right quadrant.
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