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Joseph Firmenich was a German artist, born in 1821 and died in 1891. The description of a painting evokes a distant volcano reflected in the water, from which wisps of smoke rise.
This profile brings together identity references for Joseph Firmenich and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky
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Oil on canvas
Ideallandschaft mit Insel in der Abendsonne.
Öl auf Leinwand
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