Autumn

mid 18th century

Joseph Sebastian Klauber, Johann Baptist Klauber, after Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Associated Names
Joseph Sebastian Klauber

Artist, German, 1710 - 1768

Johann Baptist Klauber

Artist, German, 1712 - 1787

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Artist After, German, 1709 - 1761

The image is viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the image, showing a landscape on the right with mountains and a vineyard. On the left, there are pillars and trees with detailed foliage. The style features controlled brushstrokes emphasizing textures and forms. The color palette includes natural greens and browns in the landscape, while figures wear reds, blues, and oranges. In the sky, mythological figures are painted with clouds below them. The image combines classical architecture, nature, and human activity in a detailed and colorful composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with extensive hand-coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.5 x 67.3 cm (19 1/8 x 26 1/2 in.)
    plate: 47.3 x 65.8 cm (18 5/8 x 25 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.125.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Bessler, Augsburg [according to label on back of frame]). Private collection, Germany. (sale 376, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 14 May 2011, lot 3); (C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top in plate: Colligit in AUTUMNO racemos vindemiae. Mich. 7.v.1.; lower left in plate [in grass]: I.W. Baumgartner del.; lower left in plate: C.P.S.C.M.; bottom margin in plate: exiit primo manè conducere operarios in viream suam. Matth. 20.v.1.; lower right in plate: Klauber Cath. sc. et exc. Aug. Vind.

Wikidata ID

Q76560431

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