Lot 292
  • 292

Hans Makart

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hans Makart
  • Banquet in a park
  • oil on canvas
  • 27.5 by 41cm., 10¾ by 16in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt;
His Sale, Munich, Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 24 February 2005, lot 64;
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Makart, 23 June - 17 September 1972,  no. 6.

Literature

K. Gallwitz, Makart, exhibition catalogue, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 1972, p. 27, cat. no. 6;
G. Frodl, Hans Makart, Salzburg 1974, fig.10, p. 290, cat. no. 46;
G. Frodl, Hans Makart, Vienna 2013, p. 72, cat. no. 64.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. Ultra-violet light reveals no visible sign of retouching and the overall appearance of the work is very good. The picture is in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

Gerbert Frodl dates this painting circa 1863-65.