Playing with the Kitten
Hermann Bethke Braunschweig 1825 - München 1895
Lot-No. 407
Oil/canvas, 69 x 56 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. H. Bethke fct 1852, dam., unframed. - German figure a. history painter, studied at the Munich academy under H. Brandes. B. was inspired by the painters of the Dutch Golden Age like G. Metsu, K. Netscher a. G. Terborch. Like them he often depicted domestic subjects a. attached importance to the surfaces a. the colours. - Mus.: Schwerin. - Lit.: Boetticher, Saur.
Hermann Bethke: Playing with the Kitten
Hermann Bethke Braunschweig 1825 - München 1895
Playing with the Kitten
Lot-No. 407
Oil/canvas, 69 x 56 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. H. Bethke fct 1852, dam., unframed. - German figure a. history painter, studied at the Munich academy under H. Brandes. B. was inspired by the painters of the Dutch Golden Age like G. Metsu, K. Netscher a. G. Terborch. Like them he often depicted domestic subjects a. attached importance to the surfaces a. the colours. - Mus.: Schwerin. - Lit.: Boetticher, Saur.