JOHANN GOTTFRIED STEFFAN | A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL

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February 4, 07:01 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Property of a Private Collector

JOHANN GOTTFRIED STEFFAN

Wädenswil 1815 - 1905 Munich

A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL

singled and dated lower right: J. G. Steffan 1871 München

oil on canvas, unlined

canvas: 22¼ by 16 in.; 56.5 by 40.6 cm.

framed: 28 by 22 in.; 71.1 by 55.9 cm.

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2008, lot 418;

There acquired by the current owner.

Born in Switzerland, Johann Gottfried Steffan moved in 1833 to Munich, where he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste and the Polytechnikum. Impressed by Carl Rottmann’s Italian landscapes, Steffan decided to devote himself to landscape painting of lake and mountain scenes.