AUCTION # 30: RUSSIAN APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ART

A GERMAN SCHOOL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING, 19TH C.

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $600 - $800

Buyer's premium:

Genre scene of a likely Prussian infantryman carving toys for two children. Circa 1880, after the Franco-Prussian War. Illegible signed at the lower right. Professionally framed in a richly decorated gilt-wood frame.

Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 8 in., (25 x 20 cm.)

Condition: Very good, with a tiny chip on the upper corner of the canvas. The frame has few chips.