LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

50.39 in. (128.00 cm.) (height) by 75.59 in. (192.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed and dated lower right: dieser weisser Wolff / ist in der Kuppenheimer / Forst mit der Leegpücks / geschossen worden. J Ao 1750 [trans: This white Wolf was shot in the Kuppenheimer Forest with the 'Leegpücks' in 1750]

Literature:

Schloß Baden inventory p. 282, cat. no. 28, B 482;; G.F. Kircher, Zähringer Bildnissammlung, im Neuen Schloss zu Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe 1958, p. 180, cat. no. 927.

Provenance:

By descent at Schloß Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to Markgrafen und Grossheröge von Baden; His sale, Baden, Sotheby's, 10 October 1995, lot 2336, where acquired by the present owner.