Karl Rechlin (1804 - 1882) - "Retreat", painted ca. 1830/1840. Wounded Prussian drummer is led on horseback across a bridge by a peasant girl. In the background more infantrymen and horsemen. Szene from the Napoleonic Wars 1813/15, signed on the lower right "Rechlin". Oil on canvas, in gilded stucco frame, 21 x 23 cm. Seal of the merchant's company on the stretcher, as well as an appraisal from a Museum in Polish language (Posen 1962). Karl Rechlin worked as a painter in Berlin and was influenced by Franz Krüger. Cf. Thieme-Becker, Bd. XXVIII, S, Artist's Copyright has not to be cleared

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