Lot 52
  • 52

Leopold Fertbauer

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Leopold Fertbauer
  • Two Portraits: a Pair
  • each signed Fertbauer 1835 lower right
  • oil on panel
  • 24.5 by 19cm., 9¾ by 7½in.; 23.5 by 18.5cm., 9¼ by 7¼in. (2)

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner; thence by descent

Condition

Each panel is flat and even. Ultra-violet light reveals no notable signs of retouching. Both paintings are in good condition, and could benefit from a light surface clean if desired to address the old varnish and spots of surface dirt. Each presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

Inscriptions on the reverse of the works identify the sitters as Vincenz and Betti Fischer.