KARL KAUFMANN

"Untitled: View of Venice from the Shoreline", signed "C.V. Erlach" lower right, oil on panel, 52.7 x 41.9cm (20 3/4 x 16 1/2in); displayed in an exquisite 19th century gilt frame, outside dimensions 85.1 x 74.9cm (33 1/2 x 29 1/2in); Karl Kaufmann, an Austrian landscape and architectural painter, 1843-1905; the artist used many pseudonyms during his career, C. Von Erlach was one of his most familiar, identified to old engraved nameplate on frame "A.V. Erlach"; note some surface wear to board