Lot 4: Friedrich Edouard Meyerheim (German, 1808-1879)

Grandfather's visit. Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left corner, apprx. 16-3/4" x 14-1/4", framed in a vintage gilt finished frame overall apprx. 22-1/4" x 20-1/4". A tour de force painting with many delightful details rendered in precise realism. Note the man in the window at a washtub, birds in cage above; faces lifelike and full, steam rising from the teacup. The nameplate on the frame mistook the F. for a P. probably due to slight over-cleaning at one point making it difficult to discern.