Lot 30
  • 30

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH WERNER | Portrait of a lady in the guise of a shepherdess

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joseph Werner
  • Portrait of a lady in the guise of a shepherdess
  • Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold on paper, carved gilt-wood frame
  • 170 by 121 mm.

Provenance

Baron Arthur de Rothschild (1851-1903), inv. no. 93;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 16 November 1993, lot 10 (one of two)

Condition

Overall in good condition with the pigments remaining fresh. There is a tear in the paper which extends from the right edge of the sheet, diagonally for 3 cm.
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