Lot 4: Vojtech Bartonek, a Pair of Two Large Allegorical Paintings "Grape Harvest" and "Hunting"

American-owned Gallery - based in Prague / In 1888, Vojtech Bartonek was assigned an exclusive order by Bohumil Bondy. Bartonek was to create a painting for the dining room of In 1888, Vojtěch Bartoněk (1859-1908) won a separate order for the decoration of the dining room in the apartment of Bohumil Bondy, businessman and chairman of the Prague Chamber of Commerce in the Černá růže palace in Nové Město, which was renovated in 1884-1888 by architect Josef Fanta. The painting "Hunting" was published in the magazine Zlatá Praha, volume VI, 1888-1889 on page 617, the painting "Vintage" on page 568. The collection also included paintings of the allegory of Harvest and Fishing, which are missing. These are oil paintings on canvas, the dimensions without a frame for each are 80x204 cm (31,4" x 80,3"), the frame 114x234 (44,8" x 92,1") (the frames are carved, gilded). Expert opinions attached.