4323 - Ernst Schweinfurth, attributed, Italian Landscape with Women at a Well

Ernst Schweinfurth, attributed, Italian Landscape with Women at a Well several young ladies at a well, fetching water; a woman with a child at the gate to the property; to the right, a sweeping landscape with a path; to the left, two cypress trees; behind them, on the hill, a town; a late Romantic work from the context of the German-Roman artists in Italy; comparable works can be found by Oswald Achenbach or Robert Alott, but above all in the Düsseldorf School; oil on canvas, 1870s, signed on the right, one signature above the other in red and the other scratched into the paint layer; difficult to read, signs of age, retouching, period frame, inner dimensions 93 x 71 cm. Artist information: German painter (1818 in Karlsruhe - 1877 in Rome); from 1832 a pupil of Carl Ludwig Fromme in Karlsruhe; from 1845 in Baden-Baden; in 1852 commissioned to to produce costume paintings in Dalmatia and the Balkans; documented as being in Rome from 1852, actively involved in the local art scene and a board member of the German Artists’ Association in Rome, regular trips to Germany, member of the Munich Art Association from 1871, friendship with Adolf von Schack, Early works in the Romantic style; following his move to Rome, his colour palette became more relaxed and he placed greater emphasis on atmospheric moods. Source: Bruckmann and Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online.