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Property from a Private European Collection

Henryk Siemiradzki

Parnassus

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private European Collection

Henryk Siemiradzki

1843 - 1902

Parnassus


signed in Latin and dated 1900 l.r.

oil on canvas

Canvas: 91 by 147cm, 35¾ by 57¾in.

Framed: 108 by 163cm, 42½ by 64¼in.

August Moritz Eduard Herbst (1844-1921) and his wife Mathilde (née Scheibler, 1856-1939), Lodz, possibly commissioned from the artist
Eduard Walter Herbst (1885-1929), their son, and his wife Ella Herbst (née Grohmann, 1899-1962), Silesia, and later Innsbruck, Austria
Thence by descent to the present owners
The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Henryk Siemiradzki paintings currently being prepared by Professor Jerzy Malinowski.