Spielter, Carl Johann, 1851 Bremen - 1922 ibid, Oil on canvas, mounted on stretcher, 1922, "Die Kunstschätzung", young attractive woman presents her wares to an art dealer, detailed interaction scene with paintings in the picture, signed lower left with place name "Bremen" and dated, Carl Johann Spielter was a Bremen-born German history and genre painter, who depicted the auction business and antiques trade in a particularly refined manner, the painting was created in the year of the artist's death and can be considered one of his last works, large horizontal format, 80 cm x 100 cm, in a decorative frame, frame bumped at the upper left corner edge (please note shipping instructions)

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