A VOLKSTEDT DOCUMENTARY RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

A VOLKSTEDT DOCUMENTARY RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
CIRCA 1775, THE REVERSE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN PUCE
Painted by Johann Georg Wilhelm Greiner in purpurmaleri with a harbour scene of figures at various pursuits before an estuary, a fortified building and mountains in the distance, within an integral frame moulded with gilt bands and with pierced foliate scroll corners, the reverse cut and applied with four straps for suspension, the recesses signed Fecit : Senÿor Georg Wilhelm Greiner., the lower left part also inscribed Rõdo'llstadt: (corners and right hand side of frame restored, some rubbing and retouching to gilding)
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) x 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.)