Live Auction 1180019th Century European Art
Hermann Prell (GERMAN, 1854-1922)
Lot 123

Hermann Prell (GERMAN, 1854-1922)

Portrait of a bishop

Closed17 May 2016

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GBP 5,000

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Hermann Prell (GERMAN, 1854-1922)
Portrait of a bishop
signed and dated 'HPrell89.' (lower right) and inscribed 'BERNWARDUS EPISCOPUS/ POETA ARTIFEX SANCTUS/ LUDOVICO/ POETAE ARTIFICIA SANCTISSIMO?/ SALUTEM DAT/ AoD MDXXXLXXXIX M I VII' (centre left)
oil on board
14 x 14 in. (35.5 x 35.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 October 1967, lot 125.