Little is known about Matheus Salte’s relationship
With Lucy The Countess Von Teck
As they corresponded for just thirteen years
Before it was broken off by her husband
Yet it left behind a legacy of over one hundred watercolours
Which ranged from moonlit landscapes to dramatic storms
From summer fantasies to commands of the Northern Coast
Each of these works were rather mysterious
As Salte always included two figures in the foreground
For many years they were thought to be the artist and the countess
But later inspections have revealed that the woman
Is likely to have been his beloved sister Hilde who died young