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Lessing, Carl Friedrich attr.
1808 Breslau - 1880 Karlsruhe.
Rest in front of the castle.
Oil on panel. Unsigned. Verso numbered «3205», indistinctly inscribed as well as with remains of a typographically inscribed label.
H 39,
«[...] To the side of the path lying in the bright sunshine, a horseman has brought his steed to a halt. He seems to be talking to a man in front of him. In the distant middle ground on the right, two more hikers can be seen. A blue sky, with bright drifting summer clouds, arches over the landscape, taking up almost half of the picture. The alternation of brightly lit and shadowed areas is often found in Carl Friedrich Lessing's landscape paintings, as are the motifs of castle, horseman, low mountain range and wide river plain. [...]» from: Vera Leuschner, Statement, Zierenberg, 13.09.2021.
Statement: Dr. Vera Leuschner, Zierenberg, 13.09.2021.
We would like to thank Dr. Vera Leuschner, author of the catalogue raisonné of the sketches, Zierenberg, for the scientific advice via
Provenance: purchased at the Galerie Heinemann, Kiel, in 1977; private property Rheinfelden.
Proof of purchase: Galerie Herrmann, Kiel, 30.08.1977, invoice amount
Catalogue raisonné: not mentioned by Jenderko-Sichelschmidt.
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