The Reconaissance
Heinrich Breling (Burgdorf 1849 - Fischerhude 1914)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1882 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
438 x 387 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 13785
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Reconnaissance by Heinrich Breling (Burgdorf 1849 - Fischerhude 1914), signed (lower left): H Breling 1882.
Provenance
Goupil and Company; bought at the sale of James S. Forbes, Christie's, 22nd -24th April 1882; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Signed (lower left) H Breling 1882 Verso: On back 2 paper labels '82' and '822' also printed paper label 'Goupil and Compy / (of Paris) / Publishers, and Dealers in / Foreign Pictures, Engravings, / and other Works of Art. / London, also small square label bottom left indecipherable (left lower corner of frame slightly damaged).
Makers and roles
Heinrich Breling (Burgdorf 1849 - Fischerhude 1914), artist