Lot 238
  • 238

Alois Heinrich Priechenfried

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Alois Heinrich Priechenfried
  • Portrait of a Rabbi
  • signed APriechenfried (upper left)
  • oil on panel
  • 4 5/8 by 3 1/2 in.
  • 11.7 by 8.9 cm.

Provenance

Private collection, Vienna, by 1939
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Oil on panel. Minor frame abrasions to the extreme edges, with spots at the upper right corner; upper center edge; central left edge; and scattered along the lower edge. Surface in overall good condition aside from surface dirt and dust. Under UV light. the varnish has been applied unevenly and fluoresces. Minor retouching along the extreme lower edges and a small area of retouching to the proper left side of his fur hat. In overall good condition and ready to hang.
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