Wilhelm Riefstahl Oil Painting, 19th Century

Item Details

Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Riefstahl (Germany; 1827-1888)
Untitled, 19th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower left

Wilhelm Riefenstahl, born in 1827, was a German painter who studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. Riefenstahl was known to capture his native surroundings of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Baltic Sea coast in his paintings with emphasis on the island of Rügen, which he devoted a whole series of paintings to. Riefenstahl eventually became the director of the Karlsruhe Art School.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame; surface wear present to painting; stretcher frame visible through canvas; minor dust and accretions present to painting; heavy craquelure present throughout painting; minor repairs to craquelure in lower margin of painting; billow to canvas.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 25.5" W x 15.75" H.

Item #

ITMG105918