Eugen Klimsch, Portrait Of A 16th-Century Lady

Eugen Klimsch, Portrait Of A 16th-Century LadyA fine late 19th century portrait of a lady dressed in 16th century attire by German painter and illustrator, Eugen Johann Georg Klimsch (1839 1896). Its tricky to decipher the history of this piece without knowing more about the sitter. Its most likely a copy of an old master portrait from the Renaissance period but why did Klimsch create it? During the 1880s, when the piece was produced, Klimsch was working as a designer for private villas and

308 achieved for ‘Grosse Jagdszene’ at auction in 2011

Whereas the Germans were interring them as the first step towards genocide

1985 Provenance Sweden Condition

He’s probably wearing a waistcoat under his suit jacket and may also carry a pocket watch

It’s an intriguing piece with plenty of expression

A characterful mid-19th-century French miniature depicting a seated gentleman holding a book

Reuter had a workshop in Lübeck

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 17” x 14” / 43cm x 36cmYear of creation: c

25” x 19½” / 64cm x 50cm

An atmospheric late 19th-century landscape painting by Belgian artist

Melchior "Melch" Kern (1872-1947)

at the age of 60