Erlangen Students on Horseback

1811

Johann Adam Klein

Associated Names
Johann Adam Klein

Artist, German, 1792 - 1875

This is a drawing of riders on horseback in an outdoor setting. The artwork depicts two horses prominently in the foreground, with their riders engaged in conversation while seated on their mounts. Both horses are depicted in detail, with their musculature and tack clearly defined. The riders appear to be wearing historical attire. In the background, there are additional horses and riders receding into the distance. The environment features a path or road, sparse vegetation, and a fallen tree. The background is lightly sketched, giving a sense of space and adding to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on blued wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 x 20.5 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 x 21.7 cm (7 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.20.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jahn 1863, no. 45

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. A. Boerner, Nuremberg (1785 - 1862); Seideln ; Rolf Arnim Winkler (d. 1989); (sale Phillips, London ); (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York, 1999); purchased 2000 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.

1975

  • Winkler, Rolf A. Die Fruhzeit der deutschen Lithographie. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1975.

Inscriptions

lower right below image: J. A. Klein fec 1811.; upper right in black ink: II; by J. A. Boerner's hand, lower left in brown ink: freund Seidel'n von J. A. B.

Wikidata ID

Q75426758

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