Clouds over a Forest

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Associated Names
Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Artist, German, 1749 - 1822

The image displays a vast sky filled with voluminous clouds and a strip of dark land near the low horizon. The clouds are soft and expressive, with smooth transitions between tones. The color palette is sepia, accentuating the contrast between the sky and land.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.6 x 19.7 cm (6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hildegard Domizlaff, Cologne; sale, Sotheby's, Munich, 10 December 1992, no. 122; via Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich; purchased 1993 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: 20 826 / (illegible); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: X 38102

Wikidata ID

Q64570496

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