Robert Erbe, Woodland with Deer near an Oak / Resting under the Old Oak. 1868. Robert Erbe1844 Gera - 1903 Oberlößnitz b. Dresden Watercolour paintings over lead and ink on paper. Each signed and dated in ink "R.Erbe" and with another sketch of an oak tree on the verso in lead. Mounted in passe-partout at the upper margin. "Old oak" somewhat yellowed. "Rast" with two small missing parts in paper u., backed and retouched on verso. Dimensions: 14 x 20 cm, Psp. 44.5 x 31 cm. Robert Erbe 1844 Gera - 1903 Oberlößnitz b. Dresden Studied at the Dresden academy of arts. Erbe was an animal painter and worked preferably in watercolour.

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