After Christian Andreas Schleisner, Two Monks In A Monastery Architecture particularly in the drapery

particularly in the drapery

Medium Oil on board

Kierpal enjoyed painting coastal scenes and some of his work is held in the National Museum of Szczecin

Housed within a fine swept frame with scroll/foliate decoration and pierced centres and corners

1750 Provenance

After Christian Andreas Schleisner, Two Monks In A Monastery Architecture particularly in the draperyA fine mid 19th century depiction of two monks discussing the scriptures within a monastery. Theyre sat before a beautiful mountainous landscape and a small distant village. Another very similar piece was created by the Danish artist Christian Andreas Schleisner (1810 1882) so this could be a copy of that work. However, many of the elements in this painting are more detailed than Schleisners so I do wonder if ours is, in fact, the original. We love