Lot 212: Brausewetter, Otto Place of Birth: Saalfeld/Ostpreußen 1835 Place of Death: Berlin 1904

Brausewetter, Otto Place of Birth: Saalfeld/Ostpreußen 1835 Place of Death: Berlin 1904 Christ on the Cross Oil/canvas, 56 x 29 cm, monogr. lo. ri. O.B., on the reverse on the strechter inscribed 'Gem. v. Otto Brausewetter Berlin 1892', min. rest. - The painting is inspired by Rubens 'Crucifixion' in the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. The painting at hand may be the 'Christ on the cross' mentioned in Thieme-Becker. - Mus.: Königsberg, Odessa. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.