William Louis Sonntag

Landscape with Sunset

19th Century

Oil on canvas

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Description

William Louis Sonntag (American, 1822–1900)

This work is sold in a giltwood frame.

Dimensions

Height: 20 inches / 50.8 cm
Width: 36 inches / 91.44 cm
Frame Height: 25.75 inches / 65.41 cm
Frame Width: 42 inches / 106.68 cm

Signature

Signed WL Sonntag (lower right)

Provenance

The Old Print Shop, New York

Acquired by the present owner with funds provided by Dick. S. Ramsay in 1947

Exhibition

New York, Hofstra University, 1959

Literature

Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, William Louis Sontag: Artist of the Ideal, Los Angeles, California, 1980, no.292, fig. 20, pp. 83, illustrated

Condition Report

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc., New York, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's:


This work is in excellent condition.

The canvas is unlined and still stretched on its original stretcher.

The paint layer is stable and only shows a mild pattern of cracking.

The work is clean and varnished.

Under ultraviolet light, a small group of retouches can be seen in the center of the right edge.

Another group of tiny retouches can be seen in the trees in the center.

The work should be hung as is.

 

Product is used.

Art Period

19th Century

Movement/Style

Romanticism

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