A Thicket; a Gnarled Willow Tree at Left, a Thicket of Vegetation at Right

1820/1835

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Artist, German, 1759 - 1835

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.4 x 15.7 cm (4 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 14.4 x 17.7 cm (5 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.329

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martens 1976, no. 73

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Giuseppe Archinto [1783-1861], Milan (Lugt 52). Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1920

  • Jentsch, Ernst. "Der Radierer Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1757 Berlin-1835 Dessau." Unpublished dissertation. Breslau, 1920: no. 223.

1976

  • Martens, Ulf. Der Zeichner und Radierer C. W. Kolbe. Berlin, 1976: no. 73.

Inscriptions

in image, at top right: C W K f

Wikidata ID

Q76556638

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