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Lot 1332 Dα

Wilhelm Brücke - Landscape with Peasants at the Bay of Salerno

Auction 1108 - overview Cologne
16.05.2018, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 16.000 € - 18.000 €

Wilhelm Brücke

Landscape with Peasants at the Bay of Salerno

Oil on canvas. 78 x 112 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: W. Brücke 18(60).

(Johann) Wilhelm Brücke, a goldsmith's son, became an artist like his two brothers, studying at the Berlin academy. He first specialised in architectural vedutas, and became well known for his architectural studies of Berlin. He later began painting the landscapes of Italy, where he resided from 1829-1834 and again from 1839-1840.

Certificate

Kunsthandlung Erich Beckmann, Hannover, 5. May 1977 (copy).

Provenance

Kunsthandlung Erich Beckmann, Hannover 1977 (verso gallery label). - Private collection, North Germany. - Lempertz auction 995, Cologne,12.5.2012, lot 1555. - Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. 1.1, p. 139, no. 24.

Exhibitions

Kunstausstellung Dresden, 1861.