CARL GUSTAV CARUS (LEIPZIG 1789-1869 DRESDEN) Abend an der Elbe oil on panel 8 ¼ x 11 3/16 in. (21 x 28.4 cm.)
CARL GUSTAV CARUS (LEIPZIG 1789-1869 DRESDEN) Abend an der Elbe oil on panel 8 ¼ x 11 3/16 in. (21 x 28.4 cm.)
The Krug von Nidda und von Falkenstein family, Schloss Frohburg, Saxony, from whom confiscated during the Russian occupation. Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig (inv. no. 1791), 1952. Restituted to the Krug von Nidda family, November 1997. Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1998, lot 27, as Moonlight on the Elbe. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
M. Prause, Carl Gustav Carus, Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1968, p. 101, no. 61, illustrated. F. Richter, Carl Gustav Carus: Der Malerfreund Caspar David Friedrichs und seine Landschaften, Husum, 2009, p. 48, no. 45, illustrated.
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