Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland Path
c. 1815
Artist, Swiss, 1793 - 1858
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 42.8 x 34 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.32
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Salathé's estate. (Kurt Meissner, Zurich). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1988
Ein Zeichner der Romantik : Friedrich Salathé, 1793-1858, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Basel,1988: 45, pl. 5, 149, no. 8.
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, no. 63, under no. 87.
Inscriptions
verso in graphite: Salathé, Z5635, ZNKst
Watermarks
not deciphered: H R Ho Pro Patria
Wikidata ID
Q64570878