Caspar, C. (19th century)(19th century) Alps with Fortress and Crossroads, around 1860, oil on canvas. View of the sunlit Alps, with a castle in front of it, which at first glance resembles Neuschwanstein. On the left edge of the picture an imposing wayside cross with a woman kneeling in dismay. Also a hiker. River runs through the landscape in the right margin of the picture. Some scattered losses of colour and soiled varnish. Signed "C. Caspar" lower right, then illegible. Canvas 66 x 87cm.

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