Friedli mit der Kuh. Studie

Fridolin Stähelin was the artists' alpine dairyman and innkeeper on Richisau, where Koller stayed with Traugott Schiess and Gustav Ott in the late summer of 1858 (Adolf Frey: Rudolf Koller (Zurich 1928; 1st ed. 1906), pp. 56 f.). At the same time, a portrait in half figure was also created (Marcel Fischer: Rudolf Koller, 1828-1905, Zurich 1951, fig. 97). Used two decades later in the 'Alpaufzug' described by Gottfried Keller in his 'Bescheidenen Kunstreischen' (1882; St. Petersburg, Ermitage; 1st version 1881, auction Kornfeld, Bern 21.VI.1996, lot 65). Source