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OCTOBER 2023 DECORATIVE & FINE ART SALE
Lot 190:
Wilhelm Velten (Russian, 1847-1929), an original oil on board painting. depicting a multi-figural hunting scene with hunters on horseback in 18th-century style hunting attire and accompanied by a pack of hounds. Signed by the artist on the lower right. Framed in a milk-green painted wooden frame.Provenance: Hill Auction Gallery, License to Hill, 11/30/2022, lot 183.Note: Wilhelm Velten was born in Russia and studied at the Academy in St. Petersburg. After completion of his studies, he moved to Munich and began to specialize in genre painting depicting wild horsemen and the Hussars’ life – to great success, as his painting can now be found, among other places, at the Fine Arts Academy in Buffalo, at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the State Gallery in Prague.
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 in., (24 x 15 cm.)
Condition: Very good, no signs of damage or restoration.
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