Sale: 498 / Art of the 19th Century, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 549


549
Franz von Lenbach
Otto von Bismarck, 1890.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,800
Sold:
€ 33,750 / $ 37,125

(incl. surcharge)
Otto von Bismarck. 1890.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Friedriechsruh" in lower left. Verso with fragments of old labels, as well as illegibly inscribed by hand. 119 x 97 cm (46.8 x 38.1 in).

• Particularly sensitive and intimate portrait of one of the most renowned German statesman of the 19th century.

PROVENANCE: M. Knoedler & Co. Gallery, New York (verso with a fragmentarily preserved label).
Private collection Southern Germany.




549
Franz von Lenbach
Otto von Bismarck, 1890.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,800
Sold:
€ 33,750 / $ 37,125

(incl. surcharge)