Philemon und Baucis in Dordrecht

On a canal, high-rise multi-storeyed gabled houses rise above the whole picture. Flower gardens on terraces. An old couple stands on the railing of such a small garden. Warm tone image. Basic tone braungrau. Bright yellowish window frames, blooming dark green bushes on the terraces, blue in the railings in front of the old ones, and red in the window behind them. Signed bottom right: E. Orlik 98.

source: Carl von Bertrab (Bearb.): Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde in der Sammlung Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Frankfurt a.M. 1912.