Ferdinand Marohn /Maron/Maronnio ( listed, active in 1839-1859 in Berlin and Paris)
Title:
Market scene in the old town
Item ID
1690
Price:
12000.00 €
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Great market scene in a European (German or French) city with majority of different folk types was executed in 1842 by renown German - French genre and landscape painter Ferdinand Marohn (or Maron or Maronnio), The artist born in Grandsee, Brandenburg/Germany, He took part 1839/1842 at the exhibitions of the Berlin Academy , since 1846 lived in Paris and until 1859 regularly exhibitied in Paris Salon. Paintings by him situated in museums of Potsdam, Reims and Ajaccio.
Literature: Benezit "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs"; Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler.."
Inscription: signed and dated 1842 lower left
Technique: oil on canvas . Luxuriousy gold-plated frame of the middle of 19th century.
Measurements: unframed w 29 1/4 " x h 20 1/2" (74 x 52 cm), framed w 37 3/4" x h 29 " (96 x 74 cm)
Condition: in good condition, original canvas was professionally relined.