2267

$1,185.00

ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS LUDWIG BRAUN (German, 1836-1916) NAIVE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL.

Oil on canvas portrait of a fair haired girl with blue eyes wearing a blue dress while demurely holding a red book. The young girl is seated on a black upholstered sofa with a solid background. The painting is signed and dated lower left “L Braun 1861″. NOTE: Louis Braun was a venerated German painter of historical subjects who first studied in Stuttgart, then went on to study in Paris under Horace Vernet. If the attribution is correct, this work would have been executed very early in his career when he was only 25 years old. Most of Braun’s portraits are of military figures. SIZE: 18-3/4″ x 15″. Overall 23″ x 19-1/2”. CONDITION: Craquelure, paint thin in places, minor restoration. 49278-3 (1,000-2,000) – Lot 2267

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Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2015

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