Ferdinand Alexander Wust - Livestock at Riverbed

Ferdinand Alexander Wust (American, 1837-1876) Livestock at Riverbed, 1858, depicting cattle and a goat at stream's edge, illuminated by light passing through an open door in a stone wall, oil on canvas (36 x 56 inches). Signed lower right "Alex Wust, 1858, N.Y." Provenance: By descent in the family of the artist, never previously sold.
Dimensions: 36 x 56 x 1.5 in
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