Giuseppe De Nittis(Barletta 1846 – 1884 St.-Germain-en-Laye) Sulle Falde del Vesuvio – On the Slopes of Vesuvius, 1871-2 Oil on panel, 12.5 x 18.2 cmSigned lower right De Nittis Provenance:Acquired by the previous owner through the art trade;Private collection, Germany. We are grateful to Professor Christine Farese Sperken for confirming the authenticity of the present…
Carl Gustav Carus(Leipzig 1789 – 1869 Dresden) Evening Light near Pillnitz, c.1835 Oil on cardboard, 13.5 x 19.6 cm Provenance:Caroline Cäcilie Carus, the artist’s daughter;Margarete Schwerdtner, foster daughter of Caroline Cäcilie Carus;Thence to a god-daughter of Margarete Schwerdtner;Private collection, New York. Literature:Marianne Prause, Carl Gustav Carus. Leben und Werk, Berlin 1968, p.149, no. 287 [as…
Carl Gustav Carus(1789 Leipzig – 1869 Dresden) Moonlight on River Elbe at Pillnitz Oil on cardboard, 17.8 × 25.4 cmOn the verso the address label of Windsor & Newton, London and the handwritten inscription Carus ‘Insel bei Pillnitz’. Provenance: A report by Professor Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan, Berlin, accompanies the painting.Most probably no. 289 in the…
Johann Theodor Goldstein(Warsaw 1798 – after 1871 Dresden) View of a Gothic Cathedral, 1822 Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 89.5 cmSigned and dated lower left J. Goldstein. / 1822. Provenance:Johann Gottlob von Quandt (1787-1859), purchased from the artist in 1822;Possibly Clara Bianca von Quandt (1790-1862), wife of the above;Gustav von Quandt, son of the above,…