Winter

c. 1750

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

This is a painting of a Biblical scene set within a city. The image depicts a gathering of people in the foreground surrounded by architectural elements and twisted, ornate frames. It includes various human figures gathered together in a narrative moment. Above, a group of figures sits on clouds, gazing down upon the scene below. The ornate frames around the painting feature detailed carvings of foliage and fantastical designs. Background structures exhibit classic architectural styles. The painting symbolizes a mixture of human and divine interactions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    complete set of four; etching and engraving, hand-colored on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.9 x 67.6 cm (19 1/4 x 26 5/8 in.)
    plate: 47.4 x 65.6 cm (18 11/16 x 25 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.125.4

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 upper margin in plate: Fact a sunt autem encaenia in Ierosolymis, et HYEMS erat. Ioan, 10.v.22.; lower center left in plate: C.P.S.C.M.; lower left in plate: I.W. Baumgartner del.; along lower margin in plate: Sustulerunt--lapides Iudaei, ut lapidarent eum. Ioan 10.v.31; lower right in plate: Klauber Cath. sc. et exc. A.V.

Watermarks

large crown and letters

Wikidata ID

Q76560438

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