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Lot 116
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Moritz von Schwind, Austrian 1804-1871

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Description

  • Moritz von Schwind
  • Emperor Otto I celebrating Whitsuntide at Quedlingburg, 973
  • oil on canvas
  • 112x82cm.; 44x32in.

Literature

Otto Weigmann, Moritz von Schwind, Klassiker der Kunst in Gesamtausgaben, Neunter Band, Stuttgart, 1906, p.293, illustrated

Catalogue Note

There is a detailed description of the painting in a letter by Moritz von Schwind dated 5th of March 1850 to Franz von Schober.