Ludwig Steinbach (b. 1812) studied in Munich under Carl Rottmann. He produced views of wooded landscapes in the Black Forest region, often with figures.

The villa was originally called Villa Friesenberg, and was bought (with some financial assistance from Queen Victoria) by the Queen’s half-sister Princess Feodora of Leningen in the autumn of 1863. In October 1863 Feodora wrote to the Queen that because the situation of her house in Baden-Baden was rather low, she had bought ‘a swiss cottage and a garden on a hill, with good air and a lovely view.’ In the spring of 1872 Victoria visited Feodora in her ‘charming little villa, in the Châlet style, called Villa Friesenberg.’ After the Princess’s death Victoria took over the house and its contents. Visiting the house in 1876 the Queen described how she went ‘to my beloved Feodore’s dear little house on the Friesenberg, which I call Villa Hohenlohe, & which belongs to me.’ The villa was demolished in 1970, but was on the Kapuzinerstrasse, on the outskirts of Baden-Baden, across the Oosbach river. August Becker depicted the Vila from the same angle (see RCIN 408974).

This view is taken up the drive to the gabled chalet-style Villa, built on a wooded hillside; in the distance on the right, the Oosbach river at the bottom of the valley.