A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, GROSSBREITENBACH

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, 330 200 AND VARIOUS CYPHERS, SIGNED R. WORLISH

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, GROSSBREITENBACH
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, 330 200 AND VARIOUS CYPHERS, SIGNED R. WORLISH
FINELY PAINTED AFTER E.K. LISKA WITH THE BANISHED HAGAR PRAYING BESIDE ISHMAEL, THE SETTING SUN CASTING A RED GLOW IN THE DUSK SKY OVER THE DESOLATE LANDSCAPE OF A DRY RIVERBED, AN EMPTY FLASK AND WALKING STICK TO ONE SIDE
8 X 13 1/8 IN. (20.2 X 33.3 CM.), WITHIN A CARVED GILTWOOD FRAME

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EMANUEL KRESCENC LISKA, (BOHEMIAN, 1852-1903) IS RECORDED AS A STUDENT OF JEAN SIVERTS AT THE ACADEMY OF PRAGUE AND OF O. SEITZ IN MUNICH. HE WON A MEDAL AT THE MUNICH EXPOSITION OF 1888 AND WAS LATER NAMED A PROFESSOR AT L'ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS, 1889.

DEPICTING THE BIBLICAL SCENE FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS CHAPTER 21 VERSES 9-21

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