Campagnalandschaft mit Wanderern. C. 1780/90.
Oil on canvas.
59.8 x 73 cm (23.5 x 28.7 in).


• Mechau's Italian landscapes originated in the early Romantic age of longing for Italy.
• In the tradition of the great master Claude Lorrain, the extremely harmonious composition is characterized by subtly nuanced and cool colors.
• Philipp Otto Runge described Mechau, who worked in Dresden as well as in Italy for a long time, as the most important landscape painter of his generation.

Accompanied by a certificate issued by Dr. Anke Fröhlich-Schauseil, Dresden, on September 24, 2016 (in copy).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria.