Lot 800
  • 800

Franz Richard Unterberger

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Franz Richard Unterberger
  • Maidens on a Hill Overlooking Pompeii, Vesuvius Beyond 
  • signed F.R. Unterberger (lower right)
  • oil on canvas 
  • 22½ by 33½ in.
  • 57.2 by 85.1 cm

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, February 16, 1990, lot 417, illustrated
Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 19, 1991, lot 56, illustrated 
Kurt E. Schon Fine Art, New Orleans
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Lined. The surface is in generally good condition aside from fine pressed craquelure throughout. Under UV: dark areas in the foreground appear to have been reinforced.
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Catalogue Note

We would like to thank Sybille Moser-Ernst for authenticating this lot from a photograph.