Lot Essay
The present paintings are by the same hand as four unsigned works that have been attributed to Balthasar Beschey and offered for sale at the Dorotheum, Vienna; March 20, 1995, lot 127; March 9, 1993, lot 132; June 2, 1993, lot 219; and March 4, 1997, lot 285. A further pair were offered at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, May 6, 1996, lot 3.