Hanns Herzing "Matterhorn in fresh snow". 1947/1951. Hanns Herzing1890 Dresden - 1971 ibid. Oil on canvas. Signed "Hans Herzing" on the right. Titled, dated and signed again "Hanns Herzing" in ink on a paper label on the stretcher bar verso. Framed in a wide, profiled silver wooden frame. Partially with age craquelure, in the centre of the picture horizontal slight cracks in the painting layer, inconspicuous in the overall picture. Dimensions: 100 x 75 cm, overall 113 x 88 cm. Hanns Herzing 1890 Dresden - 1971 ibid. Pupil at the Dresden academy under G. Kuehl and C. Bantzer, master pupil of E. Bracht. Execution of two colossal paintings in the waiting room of the Dresden main station. Numerous studio exhibitions on the theme "Landscape of the Mountains".

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