Alfred Metzener (1833-1905), German painter who studied in Munich and Berlin and eventually 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 view of a wide valley, oil on canvas, signed lower right, o. r. restored u. retusch., 136 x 200 cm, framed 149 x 213 cm