Anton von Werner (Frankfurt/Oder 1843 - 1915 Berlin),... Lot 212

Anton von Werner (Frankfurt/Oder 1843 - 1915 Berlin), ,Auf dem Hofball: Kaiser Wilhelm I. trifft zum Hofball am 29. Januar 1880, pencil on brownish wove paper, monogrammed lower center, inscribed in ink lower left "42", 29 x 23 cm. "42", 29.5 x 23.5 cm, the grand court ball in the Berlin City Palace was the most important social event during the imperial era, the artist shows here the moment when the emperor himself appears, mounted on a passe-partout and accordingly browned through, under glass in a narrow gold frame, overall size: 33.5 x 25.5 cm. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 450,- >> Studied at the Berlin and Karlsruhe academies, worked as an illustrator, painted many scenes of the 1870/71 war against France, including the famous imperial proclamation, l.: Thieme Becker.