A Royal Party Admiring the Sunset atop the Hesselberg Mountain

1801

Johann Georg von Dillis

Associated Names
Johann Georg von Dillis

Artist, German, 1759 - 1841

The image features a lower angle perspective looking up at a rocky outcropping where elegantly dressed people are gathered. The individuals are situated on a large rock and to the right, interacting amid shrubs and trees. The horizon is obscured by the rocky terrain, but the sky above is clear with soft cloud formations. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing the texture of the rocks and foliage. The color palette includes earthy tones for the rocks and vegetation, with pops of color in the clothing of the people. In the distance, there are soft transitions between the sky and distant terrain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hugo Ruef, Munich, 23 November 1972, no cat.). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • William Turner und die Landschaft seiner Zeit. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1976, 320, no. 332.

1979

  • Münchner Landschaftsmalerei 1800 - 1850, Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1979, 71, 231, no. 83.

1991

  • Johann Georg Dillis 1759 - 1841, Landschaft und Menschenbild, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Albertinum, Dresden, 1991 - 1992, frontispiece, 148, 152, 154, no. 56.

2008

  • L'Age d'or du romantisme allemand: Aquarelles et dessins à l'époque de Goethe, Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris, 2008, no. 16

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, 19, 34, 38, 137, 138, 140,142-143, 149, 150, 232, no. 45 (entry by Hinrich Sieveking).

Bibliography

1972

  • "Ans der Auktion bei Hugo Ruef, München, 22. - 25. November 1972." Weltkunst, vol. 22 (Nov. 15, 1972): 1750-1751, 1753 (ill.).

  • "Hugo Ruef, München, 22. - 25. November 1972." Weltkunst, vol. 24 (December 15, 1972): 1902.

1974

  • Bernhard, Marianne. Deutsche Romantik. Handzeichnungen. Munich, 1974: vol. 1, 187, detail on dust jacket.

1977

  • Ebertshäuser, Heidi and Petra Kipphoff. Die Schönsten Zeichnungen der Deutschen Romantik. Munich, 1977: 65, detail on dust jacket.

1985

  • Gabler, August. "Der Maler v. Dillis auf dem Hesselberg." Alt Dinkelsbühl: Mitteilungen aus der Geschichte Dinkelsbühls und seiner Umgebung, vol. 61, no. 4 (September 1985): 26.

  • Gabler, August. "Drei Maler der romantik um und in Dinkelsbühl." Alt Dinkelsbühl: Mitteilungen aus der Geschichte Dinkelsbühls und seiner Umgebung, vol. 61, no. 2 (April 1985): 10-11.

1989

  • Johann Georg von Dillis 1759 - 1841. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus den Sammlungen des Historischen Vereins von Oberbayern im Stadtarchiv München, Munich, 1989, 62, under no. 20, 76, under no. 36.

1992

  • Moore, Susan. "Dillis: An Unexpected Journey." Financial Times, January 17, 1992, ill.

  • Krätz, Otto. Goethe und die Naturwissenschaften. Munich, 1992: 56-57.

1998

  • Sieveking, Hinrich. Fuseli to Menzel: Drawings and Watercolors in the Age of Goethe from a German Private Collection. New York, 1998: 52, no. 8, nn. 1, 9.

2001

  • Lachenmann, David. "Wolfgang Ratjen as Collector." Master Drawings 39 (2001): 110, 113, n. 13, back cover (ill.).

2010

  • Robison, Andrew. "German Drawings for the National Gallery of Art: The Wolfgang Ratjen Collection." NGA Bulletin, Spring 2010: 13, 15, fig. 17.

Inscriptions

signed and dated at bottom right in black ink: G. Dillis fecit/1801; dated on original backing cardboard: den 23. May 1801

Wikidata ID

Q64581969

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