Wilhelm Westerop, Portrait Of A Doberman In Profile

Wilhelm Westerop, Portrait Of A Doberman In ProfileA fine early 20th century portrait of a Doberman by German painter, Wilhelm Westerop (1876 1954). Westerop was known for his portraits of animals, particularly horses and dogs, and this piece is very typical of his work. In 2013, a similar portrait of a boxer dog sold at Bonhams in the United States. The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a frame thats probably the original. Medium Oil on canvas Overall size 17 x 21 44cm x 53cm

But this is likely to relate to its restoration during the 19th-century

in 1995 for ‘The Leicestershire Lass’

During the 1950s

first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1802 and was generally known as a painter of theatrical subjects

This technique gives the scene depth and pulls us closer towards it

Size including frame 17” x 20” / 43cm x 51cm

Artists working in this manner would combine elements from their own natural world with fictional components from antiquity

Overall size 21” x 15½” / 53cm x 39cm

white shirt and black bow tie

which is cleverly rendered by the artist

While on our right

which seems to indicate that rain could be on its way