German portrait painter (active in the 20th century) Portrait of Botho Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode Private, expressively characterising, realistic bust portrait of the high nobleman in three-quarter profile to the left, wearing a light grey, large-checked suit, with a dark grey hat on his head. Oil/hard fibre. R. o. indistinctly signed a. dat. (19)43. Ligature monogr. brand stamp and two wax seals with monogr. "W" verso. 60 cm x 50 cm. Neo-Gothic oak frame with painted monogr. "W" in trefoil. Botho Fürst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1893 - 1989, until 1940 hereditary prince) was the 3rd prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode after Kaiser Wilhelm II granted the princely title to the dynasty in 1890/93. German painter active 20th C.; Oil on masonite. Indistinctly signed and dated (19)43. Brand mark and two wax seals with monogram on the reverse, further painted monogram "W" to the top of the pointed gable.