Lot Essay
The preparatory composition for the finished version now in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
Details
Gustave Bauernfeind (1848-1904)
The Ruins at Baalbek
signed with initials and inscribed 'G. Bfd/Baalbek'; oil on board
12 x 9in. (30.5 x 22.8cm.)
The Ruins at Baalbek
signed with initials and inscribed 'G. Bfd/Baalbek'; oil on board
12 x 9in. (30.5 x 22.8cm.)
Provenance
The artist's family
Literature
Hugo Schmid, The Life and Work of Gustav Bauernfeind, Orientalist Painter, 1848-1904, Stuttgart, 1990, (illus. no. 141).