Plant Study with Burdock

c. 1820?

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Associated Names
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Artist, German, 1759 - 1835

The image shows various large, intricately detailed leaves dominating the composition. Some smaller plants and foliage are visible at the bottom and sides of the image. The color palette is mainly grayscale, typical of an etching, creating a monochromatic scheme with variations in shading and contrast for depth and texture. The largest leaves are centralized in the image, with smaller vegetation at the bottom and a tree-like silhouette on the left side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.46 × 24.45 cm (6 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    plate: 20 × 27.31 cm (7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 26.35 × 34.61 cm (10 3/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.44

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martens 1976, no. 77, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Thompson Ellwanger and Gregory Mescha, Baltimore; bequest to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Martens, Ulf. Der Zeichner und Radierer C. W. Kolbe. Berlin, 1976, no. 77, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: C.W. Kolbe fec; lower right in graphite: 22 [undeciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q76337107

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