A Jewish street seller on a Siena street

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Hugo Paul Harrer (German, 1836-1876)
A Jewish street seller on a Siena street
inscribed with details on an old label (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
22¼ x 17½ in. (56.5 x 44.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Initially his interests lay in architecture, then painting. His studies were pursued in Nuremberg and then Munich with Piloty.He then moved to Italy. Later he worked with Oswald Achenbach in Dusseldorf. He gained his greatest success with genre painting, and is exhibited in the Museum of Berne.

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