Nymphenburg

1818

Wilhelm von Kobell

Associated Names
Wilhelm von Kobell

Artist, German, 1766 - 1853

The image shows a landscape with a low horizon, fields with textured grass, buildings, trees in the distance, and figures in the foreground. There is a pathway with a person in a dress and hat walking toward the viewer, other figures tending to sheep, and fine lines that create texture and detail in the scene. The artwork is done in black lines on a light background, creating a sense of simplicity and calmness.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 × 16.7 cm (4 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 29.9 cm (8 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.746

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goedl-Roth 1974, no. 38, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Arnold-Livie, Munich); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Goedl-Roth, Monika. Wilhelm von Kobell: Druckgraphik. Munich, 1974: no. 38, only

Inscriptions

in image, at top center: Nymphfenburg bey München _ Wilhelm Kobell: a: f; below image, at left, in graphite: A 4/II.

Wikidata ID

Q76557831

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