Johann Christian Vollerdt, Winding river landscape... Lot 25

Johann Christian Vollerdt, Winding river landscape with mill and castle on a hill. Oil on wood. (Circa 1750). 46.5 x 54.5 cm. Framed. //rg/66/4 Beautiful characteristic work by the artist, who initially received his training in the private school of the engraver Paul Christian Zinck in Leipzig. He spent his apprenticeship years from 1738 with the Saxon landscape painter Johann Alexander Thiele. With regard to color, Vollerdt drew inspiration from Jan Griffier, whose deep landscapes, also often seen from a high vantage point, he was able to study in the Electoral Picture Gallery in Dresden. In the following years, he created Elbe and Rhine landscapes, but also fantasy landscapes, in which several interior spaces are created by means of architectural staffage and mountain formations staggered one behind the other, which the viewer "wanders through" by gazing. We thank Dr. Anke Fröhlich-Schauseil, Dresden, for confirming the authenticity of this work based on a digital photograph. Provenance: From German noble possession. Taxation: Differentially taxed (VAT: Margin Scheme).