Lot 290
  • 290

Christian Georg Schüz

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Christian Georg Schüz
  • A Rhenish landscape with travellers on a track, a castle beyond; A Rhenish landscape with figures conversing by a town gate, shipping nearby
  • both signed lower right: Schüz. fec.
  • a pair, both oil on oak panel

Provenance

Count Walmodeus (according to a label on the reverse);
His sale, Hannover, circa 1809 (according to a label on reverse);
With De Beisac, Wiesbaden;
Where purchased by the previous owner circa 1990.

Condition

The work is flat, uncradled and beveled on all four sides. The paint surface is clean. Under ultra violet light an uneven varnish on both works is revealed. Similarly, retouching scattered throughout the sky to mask old craquelure is evident in both works under ultra violet inspection. Overall the works are in good condition. Both works are offered in moulded gilt wood frames.
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