German portrait painter, portrait of Ella von Kröcher (?). Late 19th century. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Verso on the stretcher on the upper left inscribed in pen "7 Jahre alt" and with the year (?) "1895". Framed in a classicistic wooden moulding with leaf-tip bar as visible moulding and leaf ornamentation in the corners. Provenance: North German private property; formerly Lohm Castle, Prignitz. Small canvas deformations at the lower edge of the picture. Minimal climatic edge. Minor abrasion of the painting layer in the area of the fold. Slightly marking cardboard backing at a tear u.l. on the recto. At this a larger retouch as well as another one at an unprofessionally closed, small hole o.r. Frame over-mounted. Measures: 55.2 x 45 cm, overall 69.8 x 59.3 cm.

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