Mindelheim and Mindelburg: Types of Artificial Cities

(1842 Munich - 1898 ibid) View of Mindelheim with Mindelburg. Further view from a hill onto the small, picturesque, old town in the Unterallgäu region in Swabia. In the background, the snow-covered mountains of the Allgäu Alps. On the left side of the painting, the city parish church St. Stephan, the round prison tower (also known as the Hunger, Malefic, or Robbery Tower), and the tower of the Silvester Chapel. On the right side of the painting, the landmark of the city, the medieval Mindelburg on the Georgenberg. An atmospherically tuned, late Romantic painting by Feldhütters, who was a student of Julius Lange in Munich and became known for his Alpine landscapes. Oil on canvas. Signed and indistinctly dated. 49 cm x 91 cm. Framed.