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152 - Attributed to Eduard Karl Gustav Lebrecht Pistorius,
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Attributed to Eduard Karl Gustav Lebrecht Pistorius, German 1796-1862- The Poultry Dealer; oil on copper, bears an indistinctly inscribed old label to the verso, 23.8 x 19.1 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Pistorius was a German painter who specialised in genre scenes of village life, often depicting farmers and labourers in rural settings and rustic interiors. He was a member of the Berlin Academy. Another version of the same scene, also attributed to Pistorius, was offered at Hampel, Munich, on 21 September 2007, lot 64, whilst a strikingly similar composition by Pistorius, with an almost identical male figure holding poultry in his hand and a basket on his head, sold at Kieselbach, Budapest, on 5 June 2014, lot 31 (£1,170 hammer).
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