Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger (2)

(Vienna 1779–1853)
An arcadian landscape with a fortress on a hill; and
An arcadian landscape with a church on a hill,
both signed and dated lower center: Joh. Nep. Schödlberger/fec Viennae/1818,
oil on canvas, each 101 x 132 cm, framed, a pair

Provenance:
commissioned from the artist in the early 19th century by a European noble family;
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 24 September 2013, lot 191;
where bought by the present owner

The genre and landscape painter Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger was strongly influenced by Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. His most important patrons were King Ludwig I of Bavaria and the Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar.