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A Terraced Garden by a Villa

1815/21

Friedrich Salathé

Artist, Swiss, 1793 - 1858

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner
Dimensions

overall: 14.7 x 26.9 cm (5 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Accession

2001.49.4.a

Italian Mountain Landscape

Friedrich Salathé

1793

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Artist's estate (not in Lugt); Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner, Zurich; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Galerie Kurt Meissner

Exhibition History

1988

Friedrich Salathé, 1793 - 1858, ein Zeichner der Romantik, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Kunst und Kulturegeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1988, no. 87.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Nat. 87

Markings

stamp of Nachlass Salathé

Wikidata ID

Q64570873

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