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Caspar Wolf 1735-1783

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 CHF
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Description

  • Caspar Wolf
  • BLICK VOM SEELISBERG AUF DEN URNERSEE IN RICHTUNG ALTDORF, 1777 VIEW FROM MOUNT SEELIS TO LAKE URI TOWARDS ALTDORF, 1777
  • Unten Mitte signiert und datiert (schwer lesbar)
  • Öl auf Leinwand
  • 54 x 76 cm

Literature

Willi Raeber, Caspar Wolf (1735-1783), Sein Leben und Werk, Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Schweizer Malerei des 18. Jahrhunderts, Aarau / Frankfurt a. M. / Salzburg / München 1979, S. 270f., Nr. 303, abgebildet 

Condition

Relined Behind glas, the work has not been unframed Craquelures, mainly visible in the sky and in the mountains Traces of the stretcher visible along the upper margin Small lacks of colour Under UV-light retouching visible, mainly in the dark parts and in the sky (retouching are partly visible by eye)
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