Alfred Metzener (1833-1905), German painter, who studied in Munich and Berlin and finally settled in Düsseldorf, where he became a member of the artists' association ''Malkasten''. Monumental Alpine landscape near Kronmetz (Mezzocorona) in South Tyrol with the ruins of Castel Gottardo and a view of a wide valley, oil on canvas, signed lower right, restored and retouched upper right, 136 x 200 cm, framed 149 x 213 cm.