Lot 592: OEHME, ERNST FERDINAND Dresden 1797 - 1855 Bergkapelle im Winter. Aquarell, weiß gehöht Über schwarzem Stift auf Papier (teils mit Wasserzeichen "...MAN", verm. der PapiermÜhle Whatman). 14 x 21cm. Signiert unten links: E. Oehme. Rahmen. Provenienz:

OEHME, ERNST FERDINAND
Dresden 1797 - 1855

Mountain Chapel in Winter. Watercolour heightened in white over black pencil on paper (partly with watermark "...MAN", presumably paper mill Whatman). 14 x 21cm. Signed lower left: E. Oehme. Framed.

Provenance:
His excellency privy councillor Prof. Dr. Ludwig Alfred Fiedler (1838-1921), practitioner of the Royal Saxon Family
Privy councillor Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Emil Oehme (1847-1921), practitioner of the Royal Saxon Family
In Hessian private ownership by way of inheritance

Literature:
Cf. Ernst Ferdinand Oehme - Ein Landschaftsmaler der Romantik, exhibition catalogue and catalogue raisonné, Dresden, 1997, p. 206 and p. 216

Expert Assesment:
Enclosed is an expert assessment by Prof. Dr. Neidhardt, Dresden, dated October 2013

The present watercolour is a version of the recently rediscovered painting "Mountain Chapel in Winter" acquired by the Saxon Art Association in 1842. Oehme's depiction of the mountain chapel aroused considerable attention as it was included in the King-Ludwig-Album, which was presented to the Regent at the occasion of the unveiling of the Bavaria statue on the Theresienwiese in Munich on October 9, 1850. Moreover, Carl Fedderle created a wood engraved reproduction and W. Witthöft an etching of the painting which made the motif widely popular.