Lot 153
  • 153

Ludwig von Hofmann

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ludwig von Hofmann
  • Reiter am Bergsee (Riders at a Mountain Lake)
  • signed with the artist's monogram lower left

  • oil on canvas
  • 57 by 84.5cm., 22½ by 33¼in.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the grandmother of the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. There is no retouching visible under ultraviolet light. There is some stable fine craquelure, notably around the front hooves of the right horse, and stretcher marks visible in a rectangle. Apart from light yellowing of the varnish which would be corrected with a light professional clean, overall the work is in good original condition, with good impasto. Held in a simple gold-painted carved wood frame.
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