CARL LUDWIG FROMMEL (Birkenfeld 1789-1863 Ispringen) A Pinegrove with a Small Procession of Harvesters and a View of Mount Etna.
Black chalk with white heightening on buff paper. 425x578 mm; 163/4x223/4 inches. Signed and inscribed "St. Nicolosi sous l'Etna" in pencil, lower right recto, and inscribed "Catania . . . les deux Monte rossi. Vues pris du fenetre du couvent St. Nocolosi" in pencil, lower left recto.
Early in his career, Frommel spent 5 years from 1812 to 1817 in Italy. He was deeply inspired by the art of Claude Lorrain for his conception of the landscape between Idealism and Realism.
