“Art lovers throughout Germany rejoiced when these pictures came to light once again, images that greet us with the marvels of variable illumination, the hesitant shimmer of springtime, the misty haze of an early morning in summertime, the sheen of wet meadows, the delicate reflections of a sunset.” – Anton Springer, Die deutsche Kunst des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, edited by Max Osborn, Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte, vol. V, Leipzig 1907, p. 194.