GOTTHARDT KUEHL (Lübeck 1850–1915 Dresden) Vespers hour at the orphanage in Lübeck. Circa 1885. Oil on panel. Signed lower right: G. Kuehl. 64 × 78.2 cm. Provenance: - Private collection, Paris. - With J. P. Schneider, Frankfurt am Main. - Private collection, Switzerland. Literature: Uta Neidhardt: Verzeichnis der Gemälde, farbigen Zeichnungen und Arbeiten in Mischtechnik von Gotthardt Kuehl, in: Exh. cat. Gotthardt Kuehl, 1850–1915, ed. by Gerhard Gerkens and Horst Zimmermann, Leipzig 1993, p. 197, no. 151. Our thanks to Dr Uta Neidhardt who has confirmed the authenticity of this painting on the basis of a photograph.