JOSEPH ANTON KOCH | The Mönch and Jungfrau seen from Unterseen

Ottaviano Koch, the artist's grandson (by 1905; by descent from the artist)
Private collection, Innsbruck
Sale: Fischer, Luzern, 21 May 1999, lot 4169
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Joseph Anton Koch, 1768-1839: Gemälde und Zeichnungen, 1939, no. 86 (as Jungfrau und Eiger von Unterseen aus)

Ernst Jaffé, Joseph Anton Koch: sein Leben und sein Schaffen, Innsbruck, 1905, p. 121, no. 94-96, listed (as one of three Alpenlandschaften, Gegend v. Interlaken, zweimal Jungfrau)
Otto R. von Lutterotti, Joseph Anton Koch 1768-1839: mit Werkverzeichnis und Briefen des Künstlers, Berlin, 1940, p. 64, no. 105, illustrated; n. p. no. Z 581, catalogued (as Mönch und Jungfrau von Unterseen aus)
Otto R. von Lutterotti, Joseph Anton Koch, 1768-1839: Leben und Werk: mit einem vollständigen Werkverzeichnis, Vienna, 1985, p. 197, no. 84, illustrated; p. 391, no. Z 581, catalogued (as Mönch und Jungfrau von Unterseen aus)
Christian von Holst, Josef Anton Koch: Ansichten zur Natur, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 38, no. 15, cited and illustrated

The artist's sheet has been hinged to the back board along its upper edge, on the reverse. As visible in the catalogue illustration, there are some minor scattered spots of foxing and of surface dirt throughout. However, these are not too distracting to the naked eye. Colours are strong and there are no signs of wear. Overall, this work is in good condition and is ready to hang. Presented glazed, in a black wooden frame.
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Executed circa 1792- 94. The view is south towards the entrance of the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Alps.