Lot 31
"A Gentleman with a Magnifying Glass", Albert Joseph Franke (Buchwitz near Breslau 1860–1924 Munich)
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1188 Lots
Description
Oil on artist's board. Bears signature lower right „A·J·Franke". Multi-line pencil inscription to the reverse, not securely legible; metal plaque to the lower frame member, „Albert Franke 1860 – 1924". A man in rococo dress with a red coat and powdered wig sits in an upholstered chair, a sheet in his left hand and a magnifying glass in his right; to the right a table with a vessel, a small box and papers. Scratches to the upper third. Retouching to the upper and right edges of the composition. Frame with abrasion, principally to the corners. Dimensions 22.4 x 15.2 cm, framed 33.8 x 26.8 cm. Franke was a painter active in Munich who produced eighteenth-century courtly interiors and North African market scenes.352041
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