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Wenzel Peter (Karlsbad 1745 -1829 Roma)

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Wenzel Peter (Karlsbad 1745 -1829 Roma)
Wenzel Peter (Karlsbad 1745 -1829 Roma) Adam and Eve in Paradise, oil on wood, 26 x 37 cm, w/ frame, (Wo).€ 15.000 - 20.000 US $ 14.850 - 19.800 Wenzel Peter, trained gun-smith, coin engraver in Vienna, 1774 trained as a sculptor in Rome, discovered his true vocation as a painter ca. 1781. 1812 professorship at the Accademia of Rome. The present painting is related to his famous monumental portrayal of the Garden Eden, at the Vatican Museum, Rome, and might be a simplified, compositionally reduced version on a much smaller scale.