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Oil on canvas painting of snowy mountain range with trees in foreground. Signed by the artist, Otto Reinhold Jacobi, and dated 1877 (5). Brass frame, 8.5 x 11 inches. Jacobi was born in Konigsberg in 1812. In 1837 he was appointed as the Court Painter to the Duchess of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Germany. Jacobi emigrated to Canada in the 1860s where he was consigned to paint a presentation gift for the Prince of Wales; he never returned to Europe, choosing to remain in Canada. Jacobi was associated with the Dusseldorf School of Painting, the Ontario Society of Artists, and a charter member of the Royal Academy of Artists. He relocated to Ardoch, North Dakota, where he was residing at the time of this death in February 1901. Provenance: From the historical Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. HWAC# 56003 Date: Location: Ontario, zCanada