Attributed to JOHANN FRIEDRICH AUGUST TISCHBEIN
(Maastricht 1750–1812 Heidelberg)Portrait of the architect Willy.Oil on canvas.Barely legibly inscribed verso on the canvas: De Willy ancien contrôleur des bâtiments du Roy de la première classe de l’académie d’Architecture et de l’école de Peinture et de sculpture de Paris peint par J.H. Tischbein Capellan Hafre (?) 1782.41.5 × 33.5 cm.Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.
Condition:
Oil on unlined canvas. Paint surface with a network of craquelure and older retouching. Stretcher marks and slight colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: several retouchings visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Dimensions with frame: 57 × 48.8 cm.
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(Maastricht 1750–1812 Heidelberg)Portrait of the architect Willy.Oil on canvas.Barely legibly inscribed verso on the canvas: De Willy ancien contrôleur des bâtiments du Roy de la première classe de l’académie d’Architecture et de l’école de Peinture et de sculpture de Paris peint par J.H. Tischbein Capellan Hafre (?) 1782.41.5 × 33.5 cm.Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.
Condition:
Oil on unlined canvas. Paint surface with a network of craquelure and older retouching. Stretcher marks and slight colour abrasions along the edges.
Under UV: several retouchings visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces greenish.
Dimensions with frame: 57 × 48.8 cm.
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