(Vienna, 1813 - Salzburg, 1876)
Mount Titlis with Engstlensee lake in Switzerland
oil on canvas, cm. 90x126.5
Signature in red lower right: "Hansh"
The painting, in very good general condition as evident from the attached photographs, depicts Mount Titlis with Lake Engstlensee in the Bernese Oberland, one of the five areas into which the Canton of Bern is divided, developing around the Lakes of Thun and Brienz: yes it extends from the Jungfrau chain to the southern border of the Canton of Bern and is particularly known for the presence of Mount Eiger with its famous north face.
Hansh's painting, coming from an important private Venetian collection, had a significant previous auction in 1989 at Christie's in Amsterdam where it was sold for more than 13,000 euros.