Romantic view of the sky – seen from behind bars in a prison

A canvas by the Romantic painter Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) went for many times the guide at Kinsky (28% buyer’s premium) in Vienna.

Carus was a man of many parts. He graduated as a doctor and was a professor of obstetrics, but he …

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