LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

42.99 in. (109.20 cm.) (height) by 88.11 in. (223.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and inscribed 'Benes Knüpfer/ROMA' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Vienna, Jubiläumsausstellung, 1892

Literature:

F. von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. I (part II), Leipzig, 1948, p. 746, no. 13.J. Kotalíková, Benes Knüpfer, Prague, 1984 (in introductory summary).J. Turner ed., The Dictionary of Art, vol. XVIII, p. 171 (possibly another version of the subject)

Provenance:

Jan Klein, New York.His sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 February 1997, lot 74