The Round Tower

c.1700/1725

Joachim Franz Beich

Associated Names
Joachim Franz Beich

Artist, German, 1665 - 1748

The image features a landscape with a large mountain in the distance. The scene includes two figures on a path with a dog. The sky is filled with detailed clouds. The landscape is depicted in an engraving style with a monochromatic color palette of black and white. Trees frame the right side of the scene, and a cylindrical structure and other buildings are visible near water in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of C.G. Boerner LLC

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 × 15.1 cm (7 × 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.3 × 20 cm (11 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.161.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Andresen 1864-1878: no.14, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Landscapes in the Manner of Poussin (Gaspard Dughet) (plate 8)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael Mayr [1796-1870], Eisenstadt (Lugt 1804a). János Schulz [1903 - 1993], New York (Lugt 2933b); Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art (deaccessioned duplicate, 2017); (C. G. Boerner, New York); gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1864

  • Andresen, Andreas. _Der deutsche Peintre-Graveur, oder die deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, von dem letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18. Jahrhunderts, und in Anschluss an Bartsch's Peintre-Graveur, no. 14, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: 8; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Beich Der runde Turm

Markings

Michael Mayr [1796-1870], Eisenstadt (Lugt 1804a). János Schulz [1903 - 1993], New York (Lugt 2933b)

Watermarks

none

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