Ferdinand Leeke, 1859 Burg, Magdeburg – 1937 Nürnberg Vielfigurige Darstellungen mit antikisierendem Hintergrund sind typisch für das Schaffen des Ferdinand Leeke, welcher seit 1881 an der Akademie de…
SPRING FESTIVAL OF FLORA BEFORE THE ACROPOLIS
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
100 x 150 cm.
Signed "Ferd. Leeke" lower left.
In elaborately carved and gilt rocaille frame.

Summery landscape with blossoming flowers, in front of a marble statue of Aphrodite, in between cypresses with a view to the Acropolis with the ship in front of it. With partly shadowed young women in different polychrome depicted garments in antique style.
Provenance:
Private collection NRW.
Van Ham Art Auction, 20 November 2009, lot 359, then hammer price 61,000 Euros. (12215628) (13)


Ferdinand Leeke,
1859 Burg, Magdeburg - 1937 Nuremberg
SPRING FESTIVAL OF FLORA IN FRONT OF THE ACROPOLIS
Oil on canvas. Relined.
100 x 150 cm.
Signed "Ferd. Leeke" lower left.
In elaborately carved and applies rocaille frame.

Provenance:
Private collection, NRW.
Van Ham art auction, 20 November 2009, lot 359, sold then for 61,000 Euros.