A Stand of Trees

1840

Heinrich Dreber

Associated Names
Heinrich Dreber

Artist, German, 1822 - 1875

The image shows detailed sketches of tree trunks with precise lines depicting bark texture. The trunks and branches fill the frame with no visible horizon. The drawing style includes fine lines for leaves and branches. The color palette is muted with shades of grey. Fallen leaves and branches are depicted near the base of the trees, and thinner lines in the distance suggest more foliage.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist. Professor Georg Schöne, Berlin; Professor Wolfgang Schöne [1910-1989], Hamburg; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, 35, 254-255, 257, no. 98 (entry by Peter Prange).

Bibliography

1940

  • Schöne, Richard. Heinrich Dreber. Berlin, 1940: 197, under V, and 203, under no. 29.

2010

  • Robison, Andrew. "German Drawings for the National Gallery of Art: The Wolfgang Ratjen Collection." NGA Bulletin, Spring 2010: 7, 9, 10, fig. 10.

Inscriptions

at lower left, dated in brown ink: 23. Juni 40, Nachmittags; at lower center (left): in den Tiefen schwarz/eindunkeln/grünbrünliche Farbe/in den Stämmen (darken the shadows with black/greenish brown/in the trunks); at lower center (right): Noch viel zierlicher u. schlanker/die Blättchen noch mehr perspektivisch/verkürzt/von der Sonne beleuchtete Spinnenweben (much more delicate and slender/the leaves more foreshortened/ spiderwebs catching the sunlight)

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64573404

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