P. Karly (Austrian, 19th/ 20th century). "A Merry Serenade", oil on wood panel, signed lower left; and "In the Wine Cellar", oil on wood panel, signed lower right. A collection of two fine figural painting depicting 17th century figures in interiors, one depicting two women in a wine cellar being serenaded by a blonde man playing a lute, the man seated on a wooden stool at right and extending his left arm toward the two women coyly resting against an olive jar at left, empty wine bottles scattered at their feet with a stone wall to left background and a small arched window to right in a darkened back room; the other depicting two men and a woman in a wine cellar, one man playing a lute while the other rests on bench behind him, the pair focused on a woman in red skirt coyly looking down at a bottle of wine held in her hand to her knee, the group flanked to left by large wine barrels, and with empty bottles to floor with an arched staircase doorway to center background. Each with two Christie's labels to verso, and one with a period paper label hand inscribed "Kellerszene", likely a collection label. Each framed approximately 13.625" x 16.875". Each unframed approximately 12.25" x 15.625". Provenance: Acquired at Christie's sale #4042 "19th Century European Art Including Russian Pictures and a Symbolist Collection with a Richard Wagner Section", June 7, 2006, South Kensington, London, Lot 104.
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