Viktor Paul Mohn - The Egeria Grove near Rome - image-1

Lot 2264 Dα

Viktor Paul Mohn - The Egeria Grove near Rome

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 14:00 - 19th Century
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.772 € (incl. premium)

Viktor Paul Mohn

The Egeria Grove near Rome

Watercolour over pencil. 28.5 x 45 cm.
Framed under glass.
Signed lower right: P. Mohn.

Inscribed in pencil on the reverse: Der Hain der Egeria bei Rom

Born in Meissen, Viktor Paul Mohn was one of the last pupils of Ludwig Richter, alongside Albert Venus. Mohn and Venus travelled to Italy in 1866/67, and Mohn returned there in 1868/69. This soft, atmospheric watercolour was presumably created during this time.

Provenance

Grisebach, Berlin 30.05.2012, lot 117. - Knirim art dealers, Münster. - Acquired there.