Anton Von Werner (1843-1915) - original watecolor with pen and ink

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ANTON VON WERNER (1843-1915) original Excellent watercolor with pen and ink. Design for a frieze, unknown date, unknown frieze... Hinged to a board and matted with description in German written on the back board. Size: overall 13 1/2 x 3 1/4" From Wikipedia: Anton Alexander von Werner (May 9, 1843 – January 4, 1915) [1 ] was a German painter in the Kingdom of Prussia .Werner was born in Frankfurt (Oder) in the Province of Brandenburg . He began painting in 1857 as a student painter, then studied painting at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin . He pursued his studies at Karlsruhe , where he studied under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer , Ludwig Des Coudres and Adolf Schroedter . After having won a travelling scholarship upon the exhibition of his early works, he visited Paris in 1867, and afterwards Italy , where he remained for some time. On his return, he received several state commissions...At auction, the hammer drops at $500 for sketches and thousands of dollars for Werners fully realized paintings.