OTTO SOMMER (1811-1911) OIL ON CANVAS, DEPICTING

A MOUNTAIN LAKE SCENE WITH HIKERS IN LOWER LEFT BOAT ON LAKE, CASTLE ON SHORE. GRAND ALPINE LANDSCAPE. PAINTING IN EXCEPTIONAL PERIOD CARVED AND GILDED FRAME, PROBABLY ORIGINAL. PAINTING AND FRAME NEED CLEANING. SHOWS SOME AREAS OF PAINT FLAKING. SIGHT SIZE 35 3/4" X 50", OVERALL WITH FRAME 51 1/2" X 66" X 4" DEEP. FROM THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH MODLICH, BOSTON ARTIST AND DESIGNER FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF A BARN IN STOUGHTON, MA. SIGNED AND DATED IN LOWER LEFT, 1877. SOMMER WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY ALBERT BIERSTADT, AND SOME OF HIS WORK IS DISPLAYED AT THE US CAPITOL.