A Ferry on the Königsee
1827/1839
Artist, German, 1807 - 1862
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white chalk, over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
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Dimensions
sheet: 21.9 x 28.9 cm (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.92
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Fürstlich Hohenzollernsches Museum, Sigmaringen (Lugt 2759). Konrad Diepolder, Munich; purchased 1984 by Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, no. 79.
Inscriptions
at lower right in graphite in a different hand: F. Gauermann; verso, a graphite study for A Ferry on the Königsee (c. 1839?); verso, at top in graphite in a different hand: 779/15 Friedrich Gauermann 1807-1862
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q64570853