August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen, attributed to - Hunter with a Pack of Dogs Belonging to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg - image-1

Lot 83 Dα

August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen, attributed to - Hunter with a Pack of Dogs Belonging to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Auction 1046 - overview Cologne
18.03.2015, 14:30 - Paintings and Drawings 15th - 19th Centuries
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.960 € (incl. premium)

August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen, attributed to

Hunter with a Pack of Dogs Belonging to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Oil on canvas (relined). 66.5 x 102 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: A. Thomsen [?] 1839.

The pack of dogs belonging to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg is led by a mounted hunter. The names of the dogs are all individually inscribed and numbered on the path below them. Augustenburg castle is depicted in the background, flanked by its red-roofed outbuildings and gatehouse.

Provenance

Private ownership, North Germany.