Corpo di Cava

1844

Eduard Agricola

Associated Names
Eduard Agricola

Artist, German, 1800 - 1848

The image depicts a landscape from an elevated viewpoint, showing a hillside with scattered trees. The horizon is near the top, revealing distant mountains framing the sky. The artwork has a loose style with pencil sketches and varied brushstrokes. Earthy browns and muted greens dominate the color palette, with white highlights indicating sunlight. The scene includes paths, structures, rolling hills, and distant mountains.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with watercolor, heightened with white gouache on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.5 x 50.5 cm (13 9/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.44.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist. Moritz Werner, Görlitz (not in Lugt); sale, Hamburg, Ketterer Kunst, 25 October 2008, lot 01362; (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Corpo di Cava 21. Maggio 1844; by later hand, lower center verso: [not deciphered] / E. Agricola / Eduard Agricola / 1800 in Stuttgart / [not deciphered] Görlitz Moritz Werner

Wikidata ID

Q64556997

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