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Salomon Gessner

Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk, 1785

Not on View

Medium

gouache on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.1 x 38.8 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Rudolf and Lore Heinemann Fund

Accession Number

2002.67.1

Artists / Makers

Salomon Gessner (artist) Swiss, 1730 - 1788

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Inscription

lower left in brown gouache: S. Gessner 1785

Provenance

Prince Heinrich Reuss, Bad Köstritz. Hannelore Kettler, Frankfurt am Main, 1945. (David Tunick, New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

2002: Robison, Andrew. "Three Italianate Watercolors," National Gallery of Art Bulletin, no. 28, Fall, 2002, 6-7.

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