The Village Street

1790s?

Christoph Nathe

Associated Names
Christoph Nathe

Artist, German, 1753 - 1806

The image depicts a village scene with buildings, foliage, and a figure walking along a path. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, offering a clear perspective. The buildings have steeply pitched roofs and detailed textures. The color palette is sepia-toned. A figure is walking along the path and there are clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.9 × 18.5 cm (5 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
    plate: 16.3 × 20 cm (6 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 33.7 cm (9 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.66.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Frohlich 2008, no. G76

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Erich Wiese (1891-?), Breslau and Darmstadt [Lugt 2576a]. (Nicholaas Teeuwisse OHG, Berlin); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2008

  • Fröhlich, Anke. Christoph Nathe 1753-1806: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Handzeichnungen und Druckgraphik. Bautzen, 2008: no. G76

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Nathe; by later hand, by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Christophe Nathe--Görlitz? / [not deciphered]; Ruemann 76; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: trieze(?) / Görlitz

Markings

recto: none; verso: Erich Wiese (Lugt 2576a)

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