Cossack Horses in a Courtyard

1818

Johann Adam Klein

Associated Names
Johann Adam Klein

Artist, German, 1792 - 1875

This is a drawing of a horse inside a courtyard. The scene includes a single saddled horse standing near an archway. The courtyard has stone walls and the ground has foliage and scattered stones. The drawing style is intricate and detailed.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.1 x 22.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.2 x 34.3 cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.14.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jahn 1863, no. 214, State i/ii [proof]

  • Series Title

    Six Sujets Militaires: pl. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1863

  • Jahn, C. Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein Maler und Kupferätzer zu München. Munich: Verlag der Montmorrilon'schen Kunsthandlung, 1863.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: AK (in monogram) 1818; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: J. 214 I; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: (Plattenrande unten Schmutz flecken) / [?] selten; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 872

Wikidata ID

Q75421313

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