Hans Beat Wieland – Der Alpsegen – The Alpine Blessing
Hans Beat Wieland’s Der Alpsegen, an evocative Swiss Alpine lithograph celebrating the traditional evening blessing of the mountain pastures and herds.
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Cowherd Senn in the Traditional Costume of Appenzell Switzerland
Antique chromolithograph of a handsome young Senn or alpine cowherd in the traditional costume of Appenzell, Switzerland. Available framed for
Karl Schlageter – Expressionist Portrait Study of a Young Woman
Karl Schlageter (Swiss, 1894–1990)Expressionist Portrait Study of a Young WomanInk and wash on paper, signed lower left. A striking monochrome
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Original Swiss Watercolor – Alpine Stream
Attractive Large Watercolor of a Rushing Stream Alpine Landscape – probably the Valais
Antique Prints
The Fire Which Destroyed Quai de Seujet, Geneve -1864 Engraving
Incendie du Quai du Seujet à Genève – Night of 24 September 1864 Fine 19th century engraving depicting the fire
Switzerland
18th Century View of Cully on Lake Geneva – Antique Engraving
Beautiful original 18th Century copperplate engraving entitled “Vue Prise Au Dessus de Cueilly” from Baron Zurlauben’s Tableaux de la Suisse.
Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli after Joseph Geisser – Grandson
Rüdisühli after Geisser The Medieval Town of Grandson Aquatint Engraving, 19th Century. Engraved by Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli after a painting
Le Depart pour la Montagne – Classic Swiss Alpine Scene, Antique Engraving
Swiss Pastoral Scene – Cowherd departs to the Alps Leaving for the Mountains Classic poignant Swiss scene in which the
Les Echelles Pres Les Bains de Louche – Leukerbad
Les Echelles a Loeche-Les-Bains Les Echelles a Leukerbad (Loeche-Les-Bains) Aquatint Engraving with period handcoloring – circa 1830 Drawn by Johann
Folk Art
Small Wismut Chest with Equisite Folk Art Floral Painting
This charming Wismut box (German: Wismutkästchen), dating from around 1680, is a fine example of early central European painted folk
