Panoramic  view of a medieval castle on the rock by the river was executed by Austrian landscape and history Painter Ferdinand Lepié, also Ferdinand Lepgé (1824 in Prague - 1883 in Vienna).

Lepié studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts from 1841 to 1844. 1850–1860 he was a teacher at the Strahov Monastery in Prague. One of his students was the later landscape painter Alois Kirnig. He then moved to Vienna and gave drawing lessons at the imperial court.
Lepié created topographically accurate landscape images of Prague and Austrian areas such as the Salzkammergut, the Danube or Baden near Vienna.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999; Prof.H.Fuchs "Austrian Artists"(in german), Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed lower right, backside stamp of a Viennese canvas  producer.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original salon frame.

Measurements: unframed w 39 1/2” x h 31 1/2” (65,5 x 53 cm); framed w 46 1/2" x h 38 3/4” (87 x 73,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.