L'Orido a Bellano sul Lago di Como (The Orrido di Bellano near Lake Como)

c. 1805

Peter Birmann

Associated Names
Peter Birmann

Artist, Swiss, 1758 - 1844

The image displays a rocky gorge with a bridge crossing from one ledge to another. The viewer is looking down on the bridge extending horizontally across the canyon. The scene is filled with towering rock formations, dense foliage, and a distant stone arch. The painting technique highlights the textures of rocks, trees, and water with detailed brushwork. The color scheme is monochromatic with warm sepia tones. Near the viewer, there are plants and boards by the river's edge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black and brown ink with brown wash on wove paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.2 × 69 cm (19 3/4 × 27 3/16 in.)
    mount: 51.7 × 70.2 cm (20 3/8 × 27 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.33.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist; Samuel Birmann and Juliana Birmann-Visher, Basel. Öffentliche Kunstsammlungen, Basel, by 1859 (their deaccession stamp, no. 54, between 1912 and 1919. Private collection, Switzerland. (sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 25 November 2015, no. 104); (via C. G. Boerner LLC, New York); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Grisebach, Berlin, "Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts," 25 November, no. 104.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and ink: Il Orrido a Bellano / sul Lago di Como P. Birman fecit.

Wikidata ID

Q64619374

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