Lot 48: Ockel, Eduard. Schwante/Pots. 1834 - Berlin 1910 The Stud Graditz and its Squire

Ockel, Eduard. Schwante/Pots. 1834 - Berlin 1910 The Stud Graditz and its Squire Oil/cardboard, 18,5 x 28 cm, sign. lo. ri. E. Ockel, verso inscribed 'Graditz 1863. Mein lieber Grossvater Edwin Irmer mit dem Hunde Pitt'. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.). - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit. - The stud Graditz was founded by Augustus II the Strong, its buildings were constructed by Daniel Pöppelmann. In the foreground of the painting the presumed squire is looking at his horses.