Lot 14
  • 14

Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen
  • Die Ziegenhirtin (the little goat herder)
  • signed and dated Meyer von Bremen 1869 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 58 by 48cm., 23 by 19in.

Provenance

Purchased by the present owner circa 1980

Literature

Friedrich von Bötticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Dresden, 1901, vol. II, p. 40, no. 163, listed

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are some strokes of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably between the figure's feet, above her shoulders, and minor strokes in the upper-left quarter, with a few spots to her chest, and some old retouching under a thick varnish to her face. There is scattered fine craquelure, and light frame abrasion at the extreme edges. Overall the work is in good condition, and is ready to hang. Held in a decorative gold-painted wood and plaster frame.
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