Carl Bertling, At the edge of the forest (playing child). 1884. Carl Bertling1835 Dahlinghausen - 1918 Wachau, Saxony Oil on wood. Signed "C. Bertling" and extensively dated "5/8 84" on the lower right. Framed in a gold Art Nouveau frame with laurel leaf decoration, pearl bar and pipe cut. Sky with dirt deposits in the painting layer depths. Punctual retouching. Circumferentially slight impressions of the frame fold as well as small golden remains. Corners and bumped as well as with loss of color. Dimensions: 27 x 20.5 cm, overall 42 x 36.5 cm. Carl Bertling 1835 Dahlinghausen - 1918 Wachau, Saxony Carl Bertling was a German history, portrait and genre painter as well as illustrator of the Düsseldorf school. From 1852 he studied painting at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf. The billd "Hagar and Ishmael" was his first known commission, which he created under the direction of Wilhelm von Schadow. From 1862 to 1864 he worked on the monumental painting "Cain and Abel" with Eduard Bendemann. The painting still hangs in the stairwell of the Naumburg penitentiary. In 1879 Bertling moved to Dresden.