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Ludwig Philipp Strack - Arcadian Landscape with Apollo Playing Music

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 14:00 - 19th Century
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
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Ludwig Philipp Strack

Arcadian Landscape with Apollo Playing Music

Pen and brush in brown. 10.7 x 17.7 cm.
Framed under glass.
Signed lower left: Lud Strack.

With the following dedication on the reverse: "The hour when we must part lies on my heart. But the hope of seeing you again sweetens my pain. I want to give you true happiness in the countryside and in the city (...) to his perfect Countess Dernborn (...) who created us. During my stay in Bologna on the 16th (...) 1791. Looking through these profane verses (...) I am your sincere and devoted servant Johann Rud. Ringier from Zofingen in Switzerland!" (translated from German).

Provenance

Pirvate collection, Germany.