WILHELM VELTEN (1847-1929)

TITLE "The Mail Coach"
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Russia
DATED c. 1890
ARTIST WILHELM VELTEN (1847-1929)
MEDIUM Oil on Panel
Signed/Dated Signed lower right
Dimensions: 12.00inch wide (30.48 cm wide)
8.00inch high (20.32 cm high)
Framed Dimensions 16.00inch wide (40.64 cm wide)
12.00inch high (30.48 cm high)
Price gbp 2400.00 (Pound Sterling)
Condition Fine original condition

Provenance

Private collection - Germany

WILHELM VELTEN (1847-1929) Biography

Wilhelm Velten was a painter of genre and animal subjects. He was born in Saint Petersburg on 21 June 1847 and died in Munich, where he settled for the majority of his life, in 1929. Works by Velten can be found in the Museum in Buffalo, USA; the Municipal Gallery and the National Gallery in Munich and the National Gallery in Prague.