Grund, Norbert Joseph Carl (1717 Prague 1767). Wide country road with a cart pulled by a double team, two men in front of it; on the left a Dutch-style farmhouse, on the right at the bend in the country road a towering wayside shrine with a prayer stool. Anonymous oil on wood. 22 x 30 cm. Framed. The attribution is based on an expertise by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bachleitner, former museum director, dat. Vienna, March 10, 1980, it is said to be an early work by the artist. - Some small paint losses in the sky on the left, scratch mark on the lower left. D

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