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    Posted 3 years ago

    Bschraeder
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    I live in Germany and recently acquired this painting from a friend. Do you know anything about the painter?

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    1. keramikos, 3 years ago
      Hi, Bschraeder. :-)

      Beautiful.

      The signature looks to me like "Kessel Düsseldorf"

      I found this painting with a similar signature:

      *snip*

      A very beautiful painting by the painter Kessel - Düsseldorf.
      It has been painted after the well-known painting the ‘goudweger’ by Salomon Koninck

      *snip*

      https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/36675159-kessel-20e-eeuw-goudweger

      It has a picture of a business card for K. Kessel in Düsseldorf, so perhaps K. Kessel specialized in making copies of old masters?

      As to which old master painting of which yours might be a copy:

      *snip*

      An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah | Rembrandt van Rijn | 1631 | The Rijksmuseum-73

      *snip*

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulodykes/41487224782

      As to the back stamp, somebody else here had a painting with it, and gave some background:

      *snip*

      Schutzmann is the company and Viktoria Maltuch is the trade name for painting canvas. Schutzmann was founded 1844. During WWII the company was bombed out and the new buildings where built in Herrsching.

      *snip*

      https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/190879-oil-on-canvas-city-shore-linegreece

      *snip*

      Back of canvas is stamped:

      A. SCHUTZMANN, HERRSCHING, BEI MUNCHEN
      VIKTORIA MALTUCH

      *snip*

      Schutzmann is the framers studio near Herrsching Germany near Munich - Viktoria Maltuch is the creator of the linen canvas.

      *snip*

      https://www.justanswer.com/antiques/azz73-own-oil-painting-nicely-framed-artist-signature.html

      The business on the sticker seems to be long gone, as Bleichstraße 17 in Wiesbaden now seems to be occupied by a nail salon:

      Bleichstraße 17, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany

      https://goo.gl/maps/w7LV9nvNp66ZPdqc7
    2. Bschraeder, 3 years ago
      Thank you so much!
    3. keramikos, 3 years ago
      Bschraeder, You're welcome. :-)

      In reading back, I notice that I had an editing problem:

      "As to which old master painting of which yours might be a copy:"

      I got my foot caught in the grammar, and fell down. >8-0

      Part of the problem is that my only editor is me, and that's reminiscent of the old saying about the person who represents himself or herself in court has a fool for a lawyer.

      You probably figured out what I was trying to say, anyway. };-)
    4. jscott0363 jscott0363, 3 years ago
      Beautiful painting!!!!
    5. Bschraeder, 3 years ago
      Yes I completely understood - thank you.
    6. keramikos, 3 years ago
      Bschraeder, Thank you for understanding. };-)

      I found another listing for a Kessel Düsseldorf painting that gives the first name of the artist as "Karl":

      *snip*

      Ölgemälde "Im Wirtshaus", vermutl. Karl Kessel, in aufwendigem Prunkrahmen, um 1950. Rechts unten signiert "Kessel Düsseldorf"

      *snip*

      https://auctionet.com/de/462596-kessel-im-wirtshaus-olgemalde-in-prunkrahmen-sign

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