A Leafy Oak by a Woodland Path, 1780s

Not on View

Medium

graphite, black and white chalk, and gray wash on buff paper

Dimensions

overall: 41.9 x 28.1 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2003.53.2

Artists / Makers

Johann Caspar Huber (artist) Swiss, 1752 - 1827

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in ink: JCH. f.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: N. 4. 25 p; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: NO251 fr. 1 1/2 / 111-01 PIV BALLI

Provenance

The artist's family, by descent. (Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Galerie Joseph Fach GmBH

Bibliography

2003: Zeichnungen 16. bis Anfang 20. Jahrhundert, Skizzenbücher. Joseph Fach, GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, Katalog 84 [2003], no. 29.