Lot 245
  • 245

Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels
  • The March-Au near Lundenburg
  • signed and dated Lichtenfels /  1871 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 39.5 by 51cm., 15½ by 20in.

Provenance

Kunsthandlung Hirschler, Vienna, by 1907
Acquired from the above by Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein in 1907; thence by descent

Literature

A. Kronfeld, Führer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien, Vienna 1931, 2029, S. 206

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are just a couple of minor spots of retouching, notably in the foliage at the right and at the extreme edges, and some light surface dirt.
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