Lot 45
  • 45

August von Siegen

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

Description

  • August von Siegen
  • Cairo
  • signed Aug. Siegen lower right

  • oil on canvas
  • 98 by 142cm., 38½ by 56in.

Provenance

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, daughter of King Wilhelm I, and founder of the Reinhartshausen Museum in 1856
A. H. Lester, London

Condition

Original canvas. There are retouches visible under ultraviolet light along the upper, lower, and upper-right edges, with a minor stroke approximately 3cm., below a figure to the left. The work is otherwise in very good condition, and is ready to hang. Held in a simple gilt wood and plaster frame.
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