Lot number 2905 - Auction 137
HEIMKEHR VOM FELD (1858)

JOSEPH FAY 1812 Cologne - 1875 Düsseldorf HOMECOMING FROM THE FIELD (1858) Oil on canvas. 84.5 x 127 cm (F. 111 x 156 cm). Signed and dated 'J. Fay 1858' lower right. Verso: label: Verein Düsseldorfer Künstler zu gegenseitiger Unterstützung und Hülfe. Exhibition commission. An identical painting is illustrated in the Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule, the dimensions given in the description do not match the dimensions of the painting shown here, but in view of the complete correspondence between the paintings, it can be assumed that this is an error in the catalogue. Frame. Literature: p. 346, vol. 1, Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule, 1997.