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H.HEMSTEDT (GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY)

AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR GOOD FOOD AND DRINK:A TRIPTYCH

SIGNED H.HEMSTEDT LOWER CENTER--OIL ON PANEL
26 X 50 1/2IN. (66 X 128.2CM.) OVERALL

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THE TRYPTICH IS INSCRIBED IN GERMAN IN THREE SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS: 1) GUTE SPEIS UND TRANK ERHALT DAS LEBEN LANG. 2)DIE MACHT DES EDLEN NASSES WIRKT OFT WUNDERBAR. 3) HUTE DICH VOR DEM TEUFEL DEN ERUMGIEBT DICH OFT IN ALLEN GESTALTEN. THIS TRANSLATES AS FOLLOWS: GOOD FOOD AND DRINK MAKES FOR A LONG LIFE/THE STRENGTH OF EDLEN DRINK OFTEN WORKS WONDERS/PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DEVIL AND BECAUSE HE SURROUNDS YOU OFTEN IN ALL FORMS

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