JANUS LA COUR | ENGSTLENALP IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND, SWITZERLAND

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark (according to a label on the reverse) 

Sale: Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, January 23, 2017, lot 1, illustrated

Rikard Magnussen, Landskabsmaleren Janus La Cour 1837-1909, Copenhagen, 1928, p. 167, no. 250

Possibly, Copenhagen, Den Nordiske Industri- og Kunst- Udstilling, 1872, no. 202 (as Paa Engstlen-Alp, klar Septemberdag)

Copenhagen, Foreningen for National Kunst, Charlottenborg, Mindeudstilling for Janus la Cour, 1928 no. 52 (lent by Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, according to a label on the reverse)

The Danish painter Janus La Cour was drawn to the Swiss Alps for their majesty and tranquility, and he particularly liked to study the contrast between the lower valleys with their warmer temperatures and palettes and the cooler hues of the snow-capped peaks beyond. The present lot features Engstlenalp, a high alp in the Bernese Highlands known for its beautiful lake views.