A Path through Fields near Leipzig

c. 1812

Carl Gustav Carus

Artist, German, 1789 - 1869

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and wash on slightly blued laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Director's Discretionary Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.2 x 27.5 cm (7 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.65.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collection, Zittau, pre World War I and then by descent; (sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 10 June 1999, no. 362); (C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 174; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: LB 6 171 Cat. XIX 336b; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 126 / Carus. G. Medizinalrat; by later hand, lower right verso in red chalk: 6171

Watermarks

Dutch armorial: crozier in crest flanked by two lions (not identified)

Wikidata ID

Q64537940

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