Lot 326: Sebastian Wegmayr (1776-1857), Floral Still Life

Sebastian Wegmayr (1776-1857), Floral Still Life
oil on panel, signed and dated at lower right "S. Wegmayr 1851," exuberant Dutch style still life with flowers and insects, presented in later gilt composition frame.
SS 35.35 x 26.5 in.; DOA 42.5 x 33.5 in.



Collection of Annemarie Shelness and the late Rudolph Shelness of Prague, London, South Salem and Winston-Salem, North Carolina Family history maintains the Wegmayr was acquired in Prague in the mid-1930s, prior to the German Occupation. The family then moved the painting with them to London during the war. It passed down to Mrs. Annemarie Shelness in the 1950s.
Craquelure.