Original Danish 19th Century Small Oil on Canvas Painting of Goats on a Mountainside, Signed i.p Møller

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Original small oil on canvas painting of a mountain landscape with goats. Signed on the reverse by Danish artist I. … Read more Original small oil on canvas painting of a mountain landscape with goats. Signed on the reverse by Danish artist I. P. Møller (b. Faaborg 1783, d. Copenhagen 1854).
Condition: Minor retouches. Numerous crackles throughout. One peeling along side the frame edge.
Gold gilt wood frame in solid condition; typical age related nicks, scratches to surface and edges.
Jens Peter Møller was born in Faaborg, Denmark (1783–1854). After an apprenticeship as a house painter, he enrolled in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1803. I. P. Møller was a prominent Danish landscape painter, etcher, and restorer. A contemporary and close friend of C.W. Eckersberg, Møller is best known for his romanticized landscapes of Denmark and Switzerland.

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