The race in 1934 was won by the German pair of Willy Funda and Hans Pützfeld
specifically its ‘princely seal’
An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance
Note also the 17th-century portrait above
a nun who began her artistic career at the Ursulines convent at Bianzè
Thomas Creswick, River Landscape With Wood, Heron & Fisherman Urban The race in 1934 wasThis commanding early 19th century landscape painting by English artist Thomas Creswick RA (1811 1869) depicts a rushing mountain stream cascading over boulders, while a fisherman and heron look on. Here, placed upon higher ground, the water is unrelenting, cascading below us, its power emphasised by resisting rocks and trees gripping the slope with unseen roots. Humanity is miniaturised, intent on drawing sustenance from a force far greater than