Heinrich Daniel Theodor Spangenberg (1764-1806),... Lot 7049

Heinrich Daniel Theodor Spangenberg (1764-1806), painter born in Jena, pupil of Johann Heinrich Tischbein in Kassel, since 1792/93 court painter in Gotha. Large Italian landscape in the evening light with lively activity at the watering place. In the shadow of an ancient vaulted ruin, numerous shepherds with cattle, travelers, pilgrims and washerwomen gather at a spring against the background of a vast landscape. The finely painted and naturalistically executed scene is peppered with details such as a pissing horse, the rich headdress of a mule and stray dogs and is thus elevated above the status of mere staffage. Oil/canvas, signed and dated ''Spangenberg 1788'' at lower margin, mounted, restored a. partially retouched, 104 x 123 cm, framed 120 x 139 cm