Viktor Paul Mohn
Viktor Paul Poppy
The grove of Egeria near Rome
Watercolor over pencil. 28,5 x 45 cm.
Framed under glass.
Signed lower right: P. Mohn.
Provenance
Grisebach, Berlin, 30.5.2012, lot 117. - Kunsthandel Knirim, Münster. - Acquired there.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: The Grove of Egeria near Rome
Born in Meissen, Viktor Paul Mohn was one of Ludwig Richter's last students, along with Albert Venus. Mohn and Venus traveled to Italy in 1866/67 and Mohn then again in 1868/69. In these years, this atmospheric very delicate watercolor may have been created.
