A Wayside Shrine Carved into a Rocky Tor

1821

Friedrich Philipp Reinhold

Associated Names
Friedrich Philipp Reinhold

Artist, German, 1779 - 1840

The image displays a rocky landscape with scattered trees and a path leading to a rock formation with a religious icon. Fine pencil strokes depict detailed textures of foliage and rocks, with a monochrome palette of varying shades of gray creating depth and realism.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.8 x 36.1 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.46.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gr. Hintermayer (not in Lugt). (Joseph Fach OHG, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Joseph Fach GMBH. Zeichnungen 16. bis 20. Jahrhundert, Catalog 80. Frankfurt am Main, 2000/2001: no. 51.

Inscriptions

by the artist, lower left in graphite: F. Reinhold 1821; by the artist, lower right in graphite: Hirchberg.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: XIII--99 Doro BALL/SBAA / Gr. Hintermayer

Wikidata ID

Q64570861

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