Ancient Roman Ruins Overgrown with Trees and Bushes

1793/1795

Johann Gottfried Klinsky

Artist, German, 1765 - 1828

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.9 × 43.9 cm (11 × 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.84.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugen Roth [1895-1976], Munich (Lugt 2150b); (Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Robert Wölfle, Munich, by 2016); (via C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Aus der Sammlung Eugen Roth, Munchen, Staatlichen Graphischen Sammlung, Munich, 1955, no. 31.

2016

  • Aus der Sammlung Eugen Roth: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen der Romantik. Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Robert Wölfle, Munich, 2016, no. 30 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 43,3 x 27,8; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: J. G. Klinsky 1765 - 1827

Watermarks

crowned coat of arms

Wikidata ID

Q64581978


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