Amalfi im Abendlicht. 1832.
Oil on paper, laid on copper.
Monogrammed lower right. Verso inscribed “Amalfi / par Leon de Klenze / '32”. 22.2 x 27 cm (8.7 x 10.6 in).


• Atmospheric painting by the important artist and court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria.
• The epitome of the romantic-classical longing for Italy.
• From the artist's small oeuvre, of which most works are in private ownership.
• Paintings by Klenze are very rare on the auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Art trade (around 1930)
Collection Gantner family, Bruchsal.
Collection of Heinz Wilhelm Schoof, Munich (acquired from the above, Neumeister, November 29/30, 1978).
Private collection Bavaria.

LITERATURE: Norbert Lieb, Florian Hufnagl, Leo von Klenze. Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Munich 1979, p. 93, no. G 25 (illu.).
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Auction house Neumeister, Munich, auction 185, November 29/30, 1978, lot 1454 (illu. on plate 217).