Ludwig Gustav Voltz (Attributed), Landscape With Horses & Distant Lake

Ludwig Gustav Voltz (Attributed), Landscape With Horses & Distant LakeThis fine mid 19th century oil painting attributed to German artist Ludwig Gustav Voltz (1825 1911) depicts a herd of wild horses gathering in the shade of a tree before a lake. Voltz was an accomplished painter of landscapes and animals. Born into a creative family, his early tuition was undertaken by his father, Johann Michael Voltz, and older brother, Friedrich Voltz, with the latter a particular inspiration. Hailing from Augsburg, he spent most of

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 23½” x 26½” / 60cm x 67cmYear of creation: c

His polished portrayals celebrate the elegance of luxurious furnishings

Artist’s auction highlight: £5

719 achieved for ‘Nature Morte Au Bouquet’

Copley Fielding’s entry in the history books is unfairly diminutive

It’s a little reminiscent of the English artist Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) who inspired so many during the first half of the 19th century

This late 18th-century hand-coloured aquatint engraving by French artist James Merigot (1760–1824) depicts the Villa Medicis in Rome

Our reference: BRV1918

or sit at pianos by windows masked by voiles

it’s interesting to consider how he looked upon the impoverished families of Paris

he was apprenticed in heraldic painting

This was opened in 1887 and was a popular destination for many leading painters