Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right. 42.5 x 53 cm. . [AW].
- Atmospheric and detailed landscape with harmonious perspective. - The Bavarian Alpine foothills around Munich inspired him to create his atmospheric depictions of forests and landscapes. - From 1805, Cantius traveled with his older brother Johann Georg von Dillis (1759-1841) through Switzerland, southern Tyrol, and as far as Rome. - In 1833, he became an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. - The work was once in the private collection of the Wittelsbach family.