Carl Wilhelm Christian Malchin - The Castle Schwarzburg in Thuringia - image-1

Lot 177 Dα

Carl Wilhelm Christian Malchin - The Castle Schwarzburg in Thuringia

Auction 1104 - overview Cologne
14.03.2018, 14:30 - Paintings 15th-19th Century
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

Carl Wilhelm Christian Malchin

The Castle Schwarzburg in Thuringia

Oil on canvas. 45 x 67 cm.
Signed lower right: C. Malchin.

The Castle Schwarzburg in Thuringia, constructed on an imposing mountaintop southwest of Erfurt, was the family seat of the Counts and later Princes of Schwarzburg. Malchin has integrated the view of the castle into a panoramic landscape showing the Schwarza river in the valley in the foreground and rock formations in the background beneath a lively and picturesque sky.

Provenance

Probably purchased from the artist's studio. - Subsequently in family ownership.