19TH CENTURY GERMAN AUGUST SEIGERT (1820-1883), GIRL READING LETTER

Title: Girl Reading a Letter in Private as Younger Brother Looks on

Artist: August Siegert (1820-1883)

Origin: Germany

Size: 23″x21″

Framed; Missing parts of composite

Provenance: Coolings Gallery  Label, 92 Bond Street London Old Label

August Siegert is known for Narrative paintings, children. An extremely popular Dusseldorf artist, August Siegert began his career as a painter of history, but finding his talents more in touch with life around him, he turned to portraits and genre studies. Auction Records to $37,000