Anshelm Leonhard Schultzberg

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Anshelm Leonhard Schultzberg
Första snön I oktober 1887 (The First Snow in October 1887)
signed A. Schultzberg lower right; dedicated to Sofia Aspegren and inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas mounted on board
26.5 by 37cm., 10½ by 14½in.

Provenance

Presented to Sofia Aspegren by the artist

Condition

The canvas has been laid onto board but is in good condition, flat and even. There are scattered flecks of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably two flecks to the sky and some light scattered flecks to the extreme upper edge. This work is overall in very good condition, with rich colours and a strong surface, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

The inscription in Swedish on the reverse reads: 'To Sofia Aspegren, by Anselm Schultzberg. View at Lyckås by Lake Wettern (between Grenna and Jönköping, Sweden). The first snow in October 1887 (Upon his Royal Route King Carl IX (1550-1611) visited Count Magnus Brahe at Lyckås and it was also here that Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus met and fell in love with Magnus Brahe's daughter Ebba).'

According to Schultzberg's biographer, Otto G. Carlslund, Första snön I oktober 1887 was painted at the height of Schultzberg's powers as a landscape painter, between 1884 and 1891. During the artist's stay in Lyckås, in the province of Småland, he also painted his masterly Ekbacke höststömning, which generated much applause from the French press during its exhibition in Paris in 1889.