Bidspirit auction | After Frank Duveneck, The Whistling

After Frank Duveneck, The Whistling Boy, Facsimile - 18x 22. A framed facsimile reproduction of the celebrated oil painting titled The Whistling Boy by American artist Frank Duveneck (1848?1919). The portrait depicts a young boy with pursed lips against a dark, tonal background, executed in the painterly style of the Munich School. The lower-left corner of the image bears a printed inscription reading D Munich. 1872. The reproduction features a textured surface designed to simulate the appearance of original oil brushwork and craquelure. The work is presented in an octagonal dark wood frame with clipped corners and a gilded inner bevel. The reverse of the frame retains a printed identification label that reads FAC SIMILE No. 593, The Whistling Boy, Frank Duveneck, and specifies that the original painting is held in the Cincinnati Art Museum.