Description
Type: painting
Painter: Sophie de Niederhausern (Sophie de Niederhäusern) (* 1856, † 1926)
Object: oil painting
Material: oil on cardboard and varnished
Dimensions: height: 18.5 cm, width: 18 cm; with frame: height: 25.5 cm, width: 24 cm
Manufacture period: around 1900
Condition: frame partially damaged, paint on painting partially craquelured
Signature: none (but there is a plaque on the frame with the inscription “S. de Niederhausern”, there is also an estate stamp on the back of the painting with the inscription “ŒUVRE ORIGINAL DE S. de Niederhäusern Succession de Niederhäusern”)
Details:
The Swiss painter Sophie de Niederhausern (also spelt Sophie de Niederhäusern) was the sister of the sculptor Auguste de Niederhäusern (known as Rodo).
On the reverse of this Alpine painting gem is the estate stamp with the inscription “ŒUVRE ORIGINAL DE S. de Niederhäusern Succession de Niederhäusern”.