oil on wooden panel 12,5 x 11,5 cm signed lower right: "AS" verso old label with a description signed by Pavla Duskova, widow of the Czechoslovak ambassador: "Ant. Slavicek: Cottages on the Hillside. This picture on a cutting panel, measuring 12.5 x 11.5 cm, was given in 1906 to my husband Cyril Dusek, the editor of "Time", from his friend Ant. Slavicek. Pavla Duskova, widow of the ambassador of the Czechoslovak Republic"   Provenance: -       Cyril Dusek (1881-1924), one of the founders of Czechoslovakia, close friend of T.G. Masaryk, prominent politician and journalist, editor of the Czech magazine “Time“, member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and the so-called Mafia, diplomat (first Czechoslovak ambassador to Switzerland and Egypt).                                   -       significant collection of collector and banker Bohuslav Dusek, Prague -       collection of the Bohuslav Dusek family   Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.    Confirmation of authenticity attached.