Early romantical painting with two children playing with butterfly in a ruins landscape created in 1842 by well-known danish artist Frederik Ludvig Storch (1805 Kjerte - 1883 Kopenhagen). Pupil of Art Academy in Kopenhagen, the artist worked in Dresden (1832-18369, in Munich (1834-36 and 1845-1851) and in Rome(1844-1845). His works are in the important european private collections and museums of Munich , Kopenhagen, Frederiksborg .

Inscription: signed and dated (1)831 lower right

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gold-plated frame

Measurements: unframed w 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" (38 x 49 cm), framed w 8 2/3" x h 10 1/4" (50,5 x 61,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition