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Lot 210: CONRAD FREYBERG (1842-1915) An equestrian double

Est: £2,500 GBP - £3,500 GBPSold:
Duke'sDorchester, United KingdomApril 12, 2012

Item Overview

Description

CONRAD FREYBERG (1842-1915) An equestrian double portrait of 'Vionville' and 'Kleine Spinne', signed lower right and dated 1874, old inscribed labels to the reverse, oil on canvas, 15.5" x 30". See illustration
Translation of the inscribed labels on the reverse:
"Little Spider" English Black Horse "Little Spider" ridden by the children of his Imperial Majesty, the Crown Prince of the German State of Prussia - subsequently His Majesty Kaiser Frederick;
"Vionville", on this horse, on 16 August (1870) Colonel Von Zieten of the Zieten-Hussars was mortally wounded hereupon His Majesty, Prince Frederick Carl, took the horse and rode it during the campaign of 1870/71.
Provenance: Emil Otto von Pirch (1846-1921), and thence by descent to the vendor, his great-great grandson.

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Auction Details

Paintings and Drawings, Furniture and Works of Art

by
Duke's
April 12, 2012, 11:00 AM GMT

Pullman Court, Dorchester, DOR, DT1 1GA, UK