Lot 1154: Moritz Friedrich A. Retzsch (1779-1857), to, copy

Moritz Friedrich A. Retzsch (1779-1857), to, copy of 'The Chess Players', in a dark vault, a young man playing for his soul to Mephisto, which opens with sculptures in the form of lizard and a lion with a skull decorated room backward in a bow under the blessing of an angel with a gesture, is fantastic, individell crafted chess pieces, oil on canvas., doubl., early second copy Half 19th Century, contemporary frame with painted Rosenzweigbordüre, 38 x 29 cm