Venice, fishing boats in the Bacino di San Marco, this fine Venice view was executed by well-renowned Austrian landscape and architecture painter Carl (Karl) Kaufmann (1843-1905). He studied at Vienna Academy and was active in Vienna in the 1900s. His Venice, Rome and oriental cityscapes brought him the world glory.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna, 1975; Artist´s Lexicons by Thieme/Becker (Leipzig, 1999).

Inscription: both signed with Kaufmnn's proved pseudonym Garnier,  lower right.

Technique: oil on wood panel. Magnificent original  gold-plated  frame.

Measurements: each  unframed w 15 3/4" x h 10 1/4" (40 x 26 cm), each  framed w 24 5/8" x h 18 3/4" (62,5 x 47,5 cm).

Condition:  in  good condition.