Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689-1740 London), An Italianate townscape with figures gathered around a commedia dell'arte performance; and An Italianate townscape with figures making merry and dancing the 'saltarello'

Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689-1740 London)
An Italianate townscape with figures gathered around a commedia dell'arte performance; and An Italianate townscape with figures making merry and dancing the 'saltarello'
both signed with monogram 'FV' (lower left; and lower right, on the rock)
oil on copper
15 1/8 x 18 ¼ in. (38.3 x 46.4 cm.)
(2)a pair

Provenance
Rudolf von Gutmann, Vienna, circa 1910.
Confiscated by the Austrian Bundesdenkmalamt, 1938, and brought to one of the depots, and restituted to Rudolf von Gutmann, circa 1950, and by descent; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 May 2006, lot 89.