Lot 277
  • 277

Attributed to Johann Christian Ziegler

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Johann Christian Ziegler
  • View of Lake Starnberg near Munich
  • signed and dated lower right: Ziegler. 1826
  • oil on canvas
  • 63 by 84 cm.; 24¾ by 33 in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt;
His sale, Munich Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 25 February 2005, lot 848;
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. There is very minor hairline craquelure, notably in the sky. Ultra-violet light reveals large areas of retouching throughout the sky and scattered spots in the lower half of the composition, notably in the left corner and in the cornfield. The picture is in otherwise good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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