Mountainous Landscape with the Parable of the Sower

c. 1572/1573

Giovanni Battista Fontana

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Fontana

Artist, Veronese, c. 1524 - 1587

The image shows a detailed landscape illustration with various elements from the field in the foreground to the mountains in the distance. The horizon is high, with clouds and birds in the sky. The illustration uses fine lines to depict details like farmland, trees, and a town near the mountains. The color scheme is monochromatic with black and white shades. A figure stands in the fields, and a wooden house is placed to the right. Buildings are visible near the mountains.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.7 x 30 cm (7 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.9 x 34.2 cm (10 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.181.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 10, State only

  • Series Title

    Landscapes Depicting the Life and Parables of Christ

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 7.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: GB Fontana; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Parabel des Sawauer; by later hand, lower left in graphite: B 10 / 107; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: G. Fontana / G.949,44

Wikidata ID

Q74895885

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