Lot 77: * HENRY KRAUSE C.1820-

signed H. Krause pix. and dated 1856, l.r.

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Canvas is unlined and in reasonable condition for its age - it is rather dry; there is a patched puncture immediately to the left of the sitter's head (patch detaching), and associated inpainting in this area. Otherwise, the picture surface is in good condition, apart from craquelure throughout and substantial dirt ground into the varnish

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32 1/8 by 24 in.<br><br>81.8 by 61 cm.

By descent through the family of the sitter, according to family tradition

Henry Krause was born in Hamburg, Germany circa 1820; he emigrated to New York and is known to have been a portrait painter there, 1856-60.