Altenahr – Bary, Robert Eduard (1813 Dresden 1875). Scholar or master with walking-stick enjoying the view from a mountain top. Pencil. Inscribed by own hand: Droben auf den Bergesspitzen Sitzt ein kleines Mirgelitzen (?) Altenaar 18 Septbr (1838). 170 x 215 mm.

AKL VII, 1993, 325; Thieme-Becker II, 587; Müller von Königswinter, Düsseldorfer Künstler, 42. – Sheet 24 of the 4^th sketchbook of his years of study at Dusseldorf containing predominantly Rhine + Ahr sceneries. Comp. on this Stieler-Wachenhusen, Rheinfahrt, c. 1875/76, p. 296 of the Dutch edition: Behind the charmingly situated vineyards of Walporzheim the valley closes and here begins the respect-demanding romantic character of the route,  the  Mecca  of  the  Dusseldorf  artists . – Teacher since 1849, since 1853 professorship at the Dresden Academy.
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