Classical women reading by a temple (1889). Henry Thomas Schäfer (British, 1854-1915). Oil
Classical women reading by a temple (1889). Henry Thomas Schäfer (British, 1854-1915). Oil on canvas.Schäfer is a Victorian-era genre painter and sculptor, elected in 1889 to the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited at the Royal Society, the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, and other galleries starting in 1873. The townscape paintings of the less well-known French artist Henri Schäfer, who also spent part of his life in Britain, are often misattributed to the British artist. -- source link
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