LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

43.50 in. (110.50 cm.) (height) by 37.40 in. (95.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated C Becker 1859. lower left

Exhibited:

Stettin, Stadtmuseum zu Stettin (on extended loan)

Literature:

Friedrich Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. I.1, Dresden, 1891, p. 66, no. 76, as Junge Dame am Kamin sitzend, einem Kavalier vorlesend.

Provenance:

Maurer Collection, Germany