Sendling

1818

Wilhelm von Kobell

Associated Names
Wilhelm von Kobell

Artist, German, 1766 - 1853

The image depicts a countryside scene with a path leading to a village in the distance. The composition shows the horizon high in the frame, with village buildings and a church steeple forming the skyline. The artwork is rendered in pen-and-ink, using precise lines and cross-hatching to define textures of grass, trees, and structures. The color palette is monochrome. A figure with two children and a dog walk on the path towards the village. The landscape consists of rolling fields, trees, and mountain outlines that add depth to the setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.9 × 15.5 cm (4 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 × 29.8 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.747

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goedl-Roth 1974, no. 39, 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. 39, only

Inscriptions

in image, at top center: Sendlingen bey München _ WK: a: f: 1818; below image, at bottom left, in graphite: A5/II.

Wikidata ID

Q76557833

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