Lot 280: MENO MÜHLIG | Reading by the fire

oil on canvas

36.5 by 30.5 cm.; 14½ by 12 in.

oil on canvas

The canvas has not been lined. Minor hairline craquelure is visible on the painting surface, and there is some rubbing along the upper framing edge. Ultra-violet light reveals areas of retouching, notably in the upper right and left corners, and towards the lower right corner above the dog. The picture is in otherwise good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a gilt frame.
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Possibly F. von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. II.1, Minden 1974, p. 90, no. 4 (where titled Kriegers Freude im Häuslichen).

Georg Schäfer (1896 - 1975), Schweinfurt;
His sale, Munich, Neumeister Kunstauktionen, 25 February 2005, lot 576;
Purchased at the above by the present owner.