Lot 105: A 'Baroque' church interior with two elegant figures conversing and a young man holding a torch

Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern (Rudolfstadt 1738-1819 Frankfurt)
A 'Baroque' church interior with two elegant figures conversing and a young man holding a torch
signed and dated '... Morgenstern : pinx: 1786' (lower left)
oil on copper
31.2 x 23.4 cm.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 October 1979, lot 63, as a pair of church interiors.

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