Er... what are those doing there?
September 10 2024
Picture: Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The following Biedermeier era portrait sold at Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden in Germany a few days ago. As stated in the catalogue, the early nineteenth century painting had been selectively 'overpainted' by the contemporary artist Eike Heinrich Redel (b. 1951). The work sold for 700 EUR (hammer price) in the end. I wonder how much the old painting underneath had cost Redel in the first place!
See here for Banksy's own re-interpretation of an early portrait by Thomas Beach and a similar post on AHN back in 2021.
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