Im Höllenthal (In the Höllen Valley), 1818

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 32.8 x 27.6 cm (12 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Apell 1866, no. 27, State ii

Accession Number

1999.32.1

Artists / Makers

Johann Christoph Erhard (artist) German, 1795 - 1822

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Im Höllenthal.; lower right in plate: JC. Erhard fec. 1818; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: Radierung v. Joh. Christoph Erhard._ 1812_ In d. Platte (undeciphered) datiert (1795 Nürnberg - 1822 Rom).; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Apell 27 II

Provenance

Leopold Munsch [1826-1888], Vienna (Lugt 1833); (H. W. Fichter Kunsthandel, Frankfurt); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Fichter Kunsthandel, H.W.
Munsch, Leopold

Bibliography

1866: Apell, Aloys. Das Werk von Johann Christoph Erhard, Maler und Radirer. Dresden: Aloys Apell, 1866.