Bidspirit auction | Monogrammist CS, Romantic Mountain Landscape

Monogrammist CS, Romantic Mountain Landscape with Mountains and Lake, 19th Century - A 19th-century romantic mountain panorama, executed in oil on canvas. The composition shows a vast alpine landscape with a central, tranquil mountain lake. In the background, imposing, snow-capped rock massifs rise in an atmospheric distant view, while the lakeshore in the foreground is characterised by detailed rock formations, conifers and a tree trunk protruding into the water on the left bank. The painting style is typically fine and glazed in the sky and mountain sections, contrasted by a more impasto application of paint in the depiction of the rocks and vegetation. The work is monogrammed in red paint at the lower right, consisting of the intertwined letters C and S. The canvas is stretched on a wooden stretcher with a vertical centre strut. On the reverse of the frame, there is a typewritten paper label in German at the top left with the text: Monogrammist CS, 19th C. Romantic mountain landscape with lakes and rocks masterfully and atmospherically painted DM 1,500.--. In addition, there are handwritten pencil notes on the wooden frame at the back: 220, 80 and 740. The painting is set in an opulent, magnificently designed wooden frame with gilt stucco elements, decorated with surrounding floral ornaments and volutes.