Thalkirchen

1818

Wilhelm von Kobell

Associated Names
Wilhelm von Kobell

Artist, German, 1766 - 1853

The image depicts a pastoral landscape from an elevated viewpoint, showing a range of mountains faintly outlined against the sky on the low horizon. A cluster of buildings, including a church with a prominent steeple, is visible on the horizon. The style is characterized by fine lines detailing the fields and trees in a monochromatic color palette of black and white. Figures engage in activities such as walking, carrying bundles, and tending animals in the foreground, adding life to the scene. In the distance, neatly divided fields, trees, and small buildings punctuate the rural vista.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.1 × 16.2 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 × 29.8 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.750

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goedl-Roth 1974, no. 42, 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. 42, only

Inscriptions

in image, at top center: Thalkirgen bey München WK: a: f: 1818; below image, at bottom left, in graphite: A8 II.

Wikidata ID

Q76557838

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