Johann Friedrich Krebs (Pennsylvania, Late 18th/Early 19th Century) Soldier on Horseback

Description:

Johann Friedrich Krebs (Pennsylvania, Late 18th/Early 19th Century)

Soldier on Horseback
Unsigned.
Watercolor and ink on paper, 16 x 13 1/2 in., in a modern grain-painted frame.
Condition: Toned, fold, areas of paper restoration at edges.

Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley, Oley, Pennsylvania; Pook & Pook, October 2004; Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pennsylvania, March 28, 2005.

Literature: Shelley, Fraktur-writings or Illuminated Manuscripts, fig. 1999.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Paper restoration to full height of left edge impacting a portion of the leg and tail; spots of paper restoration along top edge impacting the flower; paper restoration along the full height of the right edge impacting the flower and a small spot of the horse's head; small spot of paper restoration at bottom edge, central fold.


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