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Lot 205 Dα

Landscape Study

Auction 1065 - overview Berlin
30.04.2016, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 1.984 € (incl. premium)

Landscape Study

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas Monogrammed and dated lower right: AH 35 25.5 x 35.5 cm

Adolf Henning, born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning, studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed Professor there in 1839. He mainly painted figures and portraits, and also created medallions with mythological scenes for the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Provenance

Prof. Helmut Becher (1876 - 1976), on loan to the Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster until 2015.