A View across the Inn Valley to the Alps and Neubeuern

c. 1790

Johann Georg von Dillis

Associated Names
Johann Georg von Dillis

Artist, German, 1759 - 1841

The image features a landscape with a large tree in the foreground on the right. The terrain includes earthy browns and greens, leading to rolling hills with various trees in the background. The horizon is high in the image, showing distant mountains and a faint outline of a structure or settlement under a serene sky. The color palette is soft with earth tones, yellow, green, and blue, creating a tranquil atmosphere. The brushstrokes in the watercolor painting are delicate, capturing details of foliage, light, and shadow across the landscape.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bruno de Bayser, Paris, 1975. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Johann Georg von Dillis, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Albertinium, Dresden, 1991 - 1992, no. 49.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, 19, 38,136-137, 149, 150, 232, no. 42 (entry by Hinrich Sieveking).

Bibliography

1978

  • Ebertshäuser, Heidi. "Die Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz." Graphische Kunst vol. 10, no. 1 (1978): 5.

Inscriptions

by the artist in brown ink: Pranenberg/gegen Neubeyern; veros in black chalk: M J HAUMONT 49 x 38 joue accul acajou amateur[?][illeg.]

Watermarks

J HONIG/&/ZOONEN (compare bottom half of Churchill 322)

Wikidata ID

Q64581971

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