Lot Essay
The traditional identification of the artist of the present picture and others which are similarly signed and dated and in the same style (see, for instance, that sold at Antik-Kompaniet, Stockholm, 1-2 Dec. 1921, lot 51) as Matthaus Loder is incorrect; his dates (1781-1828) and different technique rule out the possibility that the present picture could have been executed by the same hand.