Lot 133 Dα

With a written confirmation of authenticity by the artist's son to the reverse.
Christian Ernst Morgenstern is considered one of the most important German proponents of early Realism in painting. He already acquired this reputation whilst studying in Hamburg from 1826 - 1829 and together with Wasmann, Dahl and Menzel after moving to Munich in 1830. He was grandfather to the famous poet Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914), but his family was not in any way related to the Morgenstern family of painters in Frankfurt.