Attributed to Peter Birmann (1758-1844)

View of Glärnisch, Switzerland

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Attributed to Peter Birmann (1758-1844)
View of Glärnisch, Switzerland
with inscription 'Ansicht des Glarnisch aus dem Glönthale Anm: Zwischen den Búumen rechts und den hin... Sonnennebel..., der die Felsparthien... im Mittelgr. sind Ahorn. Das...'
black chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour
400 x 557 mm.

Provenance

J.C. Witt (L. 646a), his number '2021'.

Lot Essay

Birmann was a pupil of Johann Rudolf Huber in Basel and later of Johann Ludwig Aberli in Bern. Between 1781 and 1790 he worked in Rome with Louis Ducros and Giovanni Volpato. He was strongly influenced by Philipp Haeckert's neoclassical views and landscapes.
Upon his return to Basel, he founded a publishing house specialising in views of Switzerland.

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