Mountain Landscape with a Rocky Outcrop

1795

Martin von Molitor

Artist, Austrian, 1759 - 1812

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.8 × 24.5 cm (6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 17 × 24.8 cm (6 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.102.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835-1852, no. 40, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 40, undesc. ii/ii.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: cf M Molitor No. 40

Wikidata ID

Q77112663


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