Lot 475
  • 475

Circle of Carl Rottmann

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Carl Rottmann
  • Coastal landscape with classical ruins
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 by 93.5 cm.; 25½ by 36¾ in.

Provenance

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt
His sale, Munich, Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 25 February 2005, lot 642;
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There is a pattern of hairline craquelure throughout the composition, notably in the sky, and some paint rubbing along the framing edges. Ultra-violet light reveals very minor scattered spots of retouching and some areas of old residual varnish. The painting is in otherwise good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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