Lot 1050: Venice.

Idyllic view of the lagune-city in the moonlight. Signed and dated bottom right: L. Mecklenburg 1858. Oil on wood. 14 x 22cm. Framed.

Ludwig Mecklenburg was active in Munich since 1843 and regularly visited Italy, hereby preferring Venice and Verona depicting their architecture in the morning-, midday- and evening- as well as sun- and moonlight. His works can be found in several public collections for example in the Neuen Pinakothek, Munich (Channel of Venice, two views from Munich), in the Art collection of Rostock, as well as the Kunsthalle Hamburg(View on Venice).