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Attributed to Moritz Retzsch (Dresden 1779-1857 Radebeul)
Lot 192 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Attributed to Moritz Retzsch (Dresden 1779-1857 Radebeul)

The game of life

Closed30 October 2018

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Attributed to Moritz Retzsch (Dresden 1779-1857 Radebeul)
The game of life
oil on canvas
33 x 38 5/8 in. (83.8 x 98.1 cm.)

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner, and by descent.

Specialist note

A smaller version of this composition on panel was sold Christie's, London, 7 October 1999, lot 6. The composition is also known through an etching of 1831 published by Ernst Fleischer.