Painters on Their Travels (Die Maler auf der Reise)

1819

Johann Adam Klein

Associated Names
Johann Adam Klein

Artist, German, 1792 - 1875

This is a drawing depicting a mountainous landscape with four individuals engaged in conversation. One person is seated under an umbrella, sketching or writing, while the others are standing around talking. The figures are dressed in period attire, carrying walking sticks, backpacks, and hats. The background shows mountains, trees, and a small structure resembling a chapel or house on the right. The level of detail in the attire and shading in the landscape showcases high craftsmanship and adds to the narrative of an intellectual or artistic discourse in nature.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.9 x 30.8 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 37.2 cm (12 x 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.122.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jahn 1863, no. 234, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred, Ritter von Franck, Vienna (1808 - 1884) (Lugt 946). (Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1863

  • Jahn, C. Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein Maler und Kupferätzer zu München. Munich: Verlag der Montmorrilon'schen Kunsthandlung, 1863.

2007

  • Joseph Fach. Zeichnungen und Künstlergraphik 18./19. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt am Main, 2007: no. 110.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: gezeichnet auf einer malerischen Reise von Salzburg nach Berchtesgaden im August 1818; lower right in plate: J. A. Klein bei München 1819; lower center in plate: Meinen Reisegefährten gewidmet

Wikidata ID

Q76438803

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