Oil/canvas. Unsigned, signed on the verso as "A.v. Erichsen". 1828.

35 x 42 cm. Framed : 47.5 x 55 cm (gold frame).

Shepherd with sheep on a path near the river in atmospheric evening light with a view of the wide landscape. Few traces of age.

If Alexander Leopold von Erichsen, then: Brunswick lieutenant general and last city commander of the garrison city of Brunswick (1787 Nikolai - 1876 Brunswick), attended the cadet school in Kulm and took part in the battle of Saalfeld and the battle of Jena during the Napoleonic Wars. He was probably also active as a landscape painter and military writer.

Literature : Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB); Braunschweigisches Biografisches Lexikon 1996.