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Heinrich Breling, O/B Painting of Man Writing Letter

Sold for $375 at Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals on Jul 9, 2023.

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Heinrich Breling (Germany, 1849-1914) oil on board cabinet painting depicting a pensive writer in a red frock seated at a writing desk holding a quill frozen in mid-air as he gazes pensively out a window having a discarded, smoldering page on the floor. Signed and dated "H. Breling 1890" upper left corner. Munich export seal, en verso. Old paper label, en verso of frame. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with foliate forms to diapered ground and bellflower fillet. Sight: 6 3/4" H x 5 1/8" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 13 1/2" W.

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