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Lot description
The Engraver Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712-1775) Reading the Story "La Chose Impossible" by Jean de la Fontaine to his Wife Oil on canvas 34 1/2 x 46 inches (87.7 x 116.8 cm) Frame 41 x 52 1/2 inches (104.2 x 133.3 cm) Another version of this composition, thought to be the original version by Antoine Pesne, is now in the Schorr Collection in London. Pesne became close friends with Schmidt and his wife Dorothea Luise during the time the two artists were both working in Berlin during the 1730s. Glue-relined. Dense old varnish layer, difficult to read under UV light. Mended horizontal tear, 2 inches long, in the center background.