The Glärnisch Massif in Switzerland
c. 1790
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 40.2 × 55.6 cm (15 13/16 × 21 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2016.101.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Clermont Witt, London [1907-1982](Lugt 646a). (sale, Sotheby's London, 7 July 1998, no. 282, as "Circle of Johan Ludwig Aberli"); (Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., London, as "Adrian Zingg"). Mrs. Beatrix von Hoffmann, Washington, D.C.; (Adrian Eeles Ltd., London); purchased 2016 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1999
Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd. Old Master Drawings. London, 1999: no. 30 (as Adrian Zingg).
Inscriptions
Verso, lower right in brown ink (in old German script, barely decipherable): Ansicht des Glarnisch aus dem Glärnthale/Anm: Zwischen den Baümen rechts und den hinter[en] Sonnennebelhängen(?), der die Felsenparthien laufend(?) im Mittelgr. sind Ahorn. Das W [illeg] kommt. Im Vorder[illeg].
Wikidata ID
Q64632886