Lot 276
  • 276

Károly Markó the Elder

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Károly Markó the Elder
  • Italian landscape with women bathing
  • signed lower left: C. Marko.
  • oil on board
  • 66.5 by 60.5 cm.; 26¼ by 23¾ in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt;
His sale, Munich, Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 25 February 2005, lot 556;
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Condition

The artist's board has been laid on canvas. There is a pattern of hairline craquelure throughout the composition, and some minor rubbing along the framing edges. Ultra-violet light reveals some minor scattered spots of cosmetic retouching in the sky in the upper right corner. The picture is in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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