The Count of Habsburg

1837

Philipp von Foltz

Associated Names
Philipp von Foltz

Artist, German, 1805 - 1877

This is a drawing of a medieval procession through a wooded landscape. The central figure is an elder riding a horse, dressed in a cloak and holding a staff. The horse is decorated, and other figures on foot accompany them, some with livestock. The figures are in medieval attire. In the background are mountains and a castle. The drawing uses black and white tones to create depth and texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown-gray ink and gray wash over graphite on wove paper, on old mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.5 x 45 cm (10 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.107.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerde Bassenge, 25 November 2000, no. 5738); (Moeller and Rotermund, Hamburg); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by the artist, lower right in ink: Foltz / 1837; by later hand, lower left verso of mount in graphite: Rodolfo d'Absburg Fil Foltz; by later hand, lower right verso of mount in graphite: FILIPP VON FOLTZ / BINGEN 1805 - MUNICH 1877

Wikidata ID

Q64619532

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