Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, signed at lower right, unframed.

15.5 x 23.5 in.

From the Estate of Arthur and Clara Koerner, Rochester, New York

Primarily a self-taught artist, Charles Paul Gruppe was highly regarded for his paintings in the tonalist Dutch style at the turn of the 20th century. He counted the Dutch Royal Family among his patrons and went on to father a dynasty of talented artists.

Yellowing varnish; two repaired tears with associated re-touch; scattered re-touch visible under UV light; stable craquelure; small paint flake to sky at upper left.