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Friedrich Bernhard Werner
1690-1778
View of a City Street in Breslau(?)
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite on laid paper. Decorative mount 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (248 x 362mm) Three vertical rules in graphite. Ruled border in pen and black ink. Adhered to old mount at corners.
7 x 11 1/2 inches (177 x 292 mm)
Gift of H.P. Kraus.
1961.53
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Attributed by H.P. Kraus to Friedrich Bernhard Werner. Acquired as Friedrich Bernhard Werner.
Watermark: Shield.
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Inscribed variously above buildings in pen and brown ink; at lower right below ruled border, "F.B.Werner Silg:del[in] [cut off]"; on old mount in graphite, "17-5 x 29"; on fragment of old mount, "112"; on Kraus mount, "Capucin ad S. / Josephucin(?) and Grafl. Sporck = Hans".
Provenance:
H.P. Kraus.
Associated names:
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
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