Old Painting Oil Wood Barbizon School Mountain Alps Switzerland Snow

  

Hello, I am selling this painting with a height of 38 cm by 47 cm wide if we only consider the painted part (do not rely on the indications given on the back of the panel). It is a superb oil painting on panel, made of wood, cardboard, or another material, signed V.

Grinden 53 for 1953 in the bottom right corner, probably a Swiss or German painter, representing a mountain valley, flourishing in its green and yellow tones, vast in its expanse. You can see houses that have found an ideal location to enjoy these many contrasts, where the shadow also remains thanks to the numerous altitudes, but even more so from this mountain that seems immense, a giant that culminates with the central mountain revealing one side in the light and the other in the darkness while imposing its gray tones covered here and there with the white of the snow. The sky is not left behind with its clouds and their cottony aspects and deep blue. The painting itself is in good overall condition despite some signs of wear in the form of small black dots, almost invisible once the painting is viewed from several meters away, scratches of varying depths, some small paint losses here and there - those at the bottom left on the black wooded mass, three in number, may cause reflections depending on the light and viewing angle even if I have masked them, as with most of the other losses described above - and black marks bordering the frame in places. The frame itself has weathered the passage of time rather well despite some superficial losses, scratches, and small impacts of the same nature and has benefited from a cleaning that has restored its colors. A significant detail, the painting as well as the frame have been cleaned enhancing their colors to achieve the result visible in the photos. The photos were taken under a skylight created by my Velux, on a winter afternoon delivering a soft light.

After many tests, I realized that the color rendering in the first two photos, with the equipment I have, is the one that most faithfully reproduces what can be observed in conditions that most people would consider "normal", namely those that would offer a good compromise between sufficient light source and nuanced colors without excess. However, note that computer screens or mobile phones other than mine, depending on their brightness and contrast, may more or less modify the results I have achieved.

With these elements in mind, you can still consider my photos as sufficiently representative sources of reality, under observation conditions similar to those described above. Attention collectors, people attracted to vintage items, curiosities, decorative objects, or simply admirers of their intrinsic beauty! It's a great gift idea. The shipment will be done with care, unless you prefer a hand delivery, which is entirely possible if you make the trip.

WARNING: All my shipments include insurance proportional to the value of the goods. Therefore, in order for it to be taken into account, if the cardboard is (sufficiently) damaged, you must refuse the package with the staff at the relay point or the delivery person, depending on the chosen shipping method, before they scan the shipping label or perform any other operation confirming that you have received the package; therefore, ask to carefully check the condition of the cardboard, omitting no area, before they take action. If you refuse to receive the package, it will be kept by the relay point or the delivery person to be returned to me, for a verification of the delivery service to report the responsibility of the delivery person and make the insurance effective (information obtained from the Mondial Relay and La Poste websites). If the delivery is made to your mailbox because the size of the package allows it, without hand delivery, with La Poste, and the cardboard is damaged, you must return it to the nearest post office without opening it.

Please note that in all these cases, you may think, for any reason, that the object inside the box remains in perfect condition and therefore accept the delivery of the package - or not go to the nearest post office -, but the delivery services count on the human error factor, which incidentally suits them well since, I repeat, the insurance is then no longer effective due to damage; less spending for them! And don't rely on shaking the package to determine if the object is broken; unless it is made of glass or ceramic, the sound of breakage is imperceptible.

If you have any questions or would like more photos, please feel free to let me know.