CIRCA 1845 - 1857, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND 3 MARKS, SIGNED R. WOHSONER.

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A VIENNA STYLE (L. HUTSCHENREUTHER) PLAQUE OF 'THE FIVE SENSES'
Circa 1845 - 1857, impressed monogram and 3 marks, signed R. Wohsoner.
Finely painted after Hans Makart with five vertical panels of full length female nudes against an exotic naturalistic background of flowers and trees, identified on the frame, the claret reserves enriched with gilt vine
11 3/8 x 15in. (28.8 x 38.8cm.), within a period carved and painted gilt wood frame

Lot Essay

Hans Makart, 'The Modern Rubens' was an Austrian allegorical painter and designer 1840-1884. He studied under Rubens at the Academy in Vienna and won fame as the 'Prince of Taste', even governing lady's fashion. One of Makart's greatest achievements was staging the vast costumed parades held to celebrate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth, 1879.

See anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 2000, lot 159 for a similar example illustrated on p. 159 and as the catalogue end pages. Also see Property from the Eudora Bell Wyatt Estate, Christie's, New York, 24 April 2002, lot 373.

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