Travelers in a Broad Valley

c. 1750

Johann Christoph Dietzsch

Associated Names
Johann Christoph Dietzsch

Artist, German, 1710 - 1769

The image shows a landscape with mountains in the distance, a dirt path, a man leading a horse, another figure following with a dog, rustic buildings, foliage, trees, and cottages in the foothills. The trees have a range of greens and browns and the color palette is dominated by soft blues and earthy tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache on prepared parchment

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.3 x 22.6 cm (6 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.38.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 18 January 1984, lot 103); (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 29 January 1997, no. 242); purchased (via W.M. Brady & Co., Inc, New York) by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 113, as.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in pen and brown ink: No. 1; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 1470.; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Small Mount 2/2

Wikidata ID

Q64581890

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