JANUS ANDREAS LA COUR (1837 Ringkøbing 1837-1909 Odder) View of Lake Engstlen with the Titlis massif. 1868. Oil on canvas. Inscribed, dated and monogrammed lower right: ENGSTLEN. 2-7 Septbr1868. I.C. 37.3 × 54.3 cm. Provenance: - Collection Prof. Jens-Helm Dittrich, 1994 (label on verso). - European private collection. Exhibition: Copenhagen 1928, memorial exhibition of the Foreningen for National Kunst (labelled on verso). Literature: Rikard Magnussen: Landskabsmaleren. Janus La Cour. 1837-1909. Copenhagen 1928, p. 80 (with illustration). Janus la Cour was a Danish landscape painter of French descent. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and travelled Europe several times during his creative career. His travels took him not only to art metropolises such as Paris and Rome, but also to the Swiss Alps, as our beautiful view of Lake Engstlen with the Titlis massif in the background testifies. La Cour is represented by numerous paintings in the Royal Gallery in Copenhagen, among others. These objects marked with * (asterisk) are fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT will be charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.