Lot 60: Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637-1673)

Extensive river landscaoes with capriccio of classical ruins signed 'C. Fabriti..in./fecit' and signed and dated 'C. Fabritius 16..' (lower right and lower left respectively) oil on canvas 13 x 153/4 in. (33.2 x 40.5 cm.) and 12 7/8 x 16 in. (32.6 x 40.7 cm.) two (2) PROVENANCE Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 5 November 1976, lot 113, as dated 1651 R. Martinsen, Malm”. NOTES Little is known about the artist. Born in Warsaw, he settled in Vienna where he became court painter to the Emperor Leopold I. If the date was indeed 1651, the present picture would be an early work by the artist after he settled in Vienna.