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A portrait of Lessing by Hübner for Cincinnati

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25/7/23 - Acquisition - Cincinnati Art Museum - The Cincinnati Art Museum is adding to its rich collection of nineteenth-century European paintings a portrait of the German painter Karl Friedrich Lessing by his fellow painter Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner. Acquired from the Roman gallery Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art, it is the first work by the artist to join the American museum, which on the other hand retains a significant number of paintings and, above all, drawings by the model who was one of the leading exponents of the Düsseldorf School.


Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner (1806-1882)
Portrait du peintre Karl Friedrich Lessing
Huile sur toile appliquée sur carton - 30 x 24 cm
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum
Photo : Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art
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