Bidspirit auction | J. Werner, 19th-century German genre

J. Werner, 19th-century German genre paint - J. Werner, 19th-century German genre painter, The Old Cloth Mender with His Apprentice. In a vaulted cellar, amid stacks of fabrics and other utensils, the old man sits with his long pipe, telling stories to the boy who listens with rapt attention. Oil on canvas, signed “J. Werner” lower right, restored and retouched, closed tear extending from the upper left to the center of the painting, 90 x 71 cm, framed 105 x 85 cm