B. Lambert, also known as Karl Kaufman (1843–1905), B. Lambert, also known as Karl Kaufman (1843–1905) A Dutch city waterfront in winter, oil on panel with parquet, 41 x 60 cm, in a gilded frame

B. Lambert, also known as Karl Kaufman (1843–1905)
The waterfront of a Dutch city in winter
oil on panel with parquet, 41x60 cm
in a gilded frame

B. Lambert, also known as Karl Kaufmann—an Austrian painter and student at the Vienna Academy
(he also used other pseudonyms) undertook many study trips to Northern Europe
to Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark, as well as to Gdańsk and Königsberg, and finally to Venice, Rome
and Naples. He specialized in painting atmospheric, often winter scenes of
, which were meant to capture the cheerful atmosphere of the old Netherlands; his paintings are not
documentations of specific waterfronts; they are architectural fantasies, so-called capriccios, combining
various architectural elements (fragments) characteristic of Dutch
such as Alkmaar, Delft, or Amsterdam