Lot 464
  • 464

Valentin Ruths

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Valentin Ruths
  • Brick kilns near Olevano
  • signed lower right: Valentin Ruths
  • oil on canvas
  • 100 by 158.5 cm.; 39¼ by 62½ in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt;
His sale, Munich, Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 24 February 2005, lot 78;
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Berlin, Grosse Berliner Kunstaustellung, 1905.

Literature

Possibly F. von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. II.1, Minden 1974, p. 500, no. 55 (where titled Olevano and dated 1866);
Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule, 1819-1918, vol. 3, Munich 1998, p. 166, reproduced fig. 201.

Condition

The canvas has been lined. There is some minor hairline craquelure visible on the surface of the painting and few scattered spots of retouching are visible under ultra-violet light, notably in the sky. The picture is in otherwise good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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