Felsenstudie. Likely c. 1870.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left. 50.5 x 40.5 cm (19.8 x 15.9 in).

• A fascinating, vivid rock study showing highly nuanced colors.
• A perfect combination of painting and geological observation.
• Compton, an enthusiastic mountaineer in the early days of Alpinism, is considered the most important painter of the mountain world.

We are grateful to Mrs. Sibylle Brandes, Tutzing, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria.