Mixed media on paper on cardboard, partially heightened with white. Unsigned.

37.5 x 26.5 cm.

Exceedingly fine monochrome painting. Very detailed figural genre scene with a view of a cityscape. Without frame.

Werner (Carl Friedrich Heinrich), Orientalist, watercolor - and architectural painter. Studied at the Academy in Leipzig. Pupil of Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld. From 1832 active in Rome. Founded a master studio for watercolor painting in Venice in 1851. Since 1856 active again in Leipzig. Traveled Palestine and parts of Europe * Partner auction Bergmann.

Literature : Thieme-Becker (1907-1950), Boetticher (1891-1898).