Franz Seraph von Lenbach
Half-Length Portrait of Otto von Bismarck in a Landscape
Oil on canvas. 98 x 75 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: F. Lenbach / Friedrichsruh / Apr. 1891.
This work, which has been housed in a private collection in the Palatinate region for decades, shows a particularly striking portrait of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, painted at his country residence of Friedrichsruh in the imposing style of a Renaissance portrait.
Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland Palatinate.