Straw-Thatched Hut with Landscape and Figures

1807/1809

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Associated Names
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Artist, German, 1759 - 1835

The image shows a thatched-roof cottage surrounded by trees. The dense canopy obscures the horizon. The drawing style is detailed, using fine lines and cross-hatching for texture. The scene is in black and white. Three figures are in front of the cottage, with detailed clothing and gestures. The composition balances the natural and human elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.9 x 37.8 cm (12 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.3 x 49.3 cm (15 1/2 x 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.333

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martens 1976, no. 211

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(F. Dörling Auktionen, Hamburg, Auction 173, December 1, 1997, lot 219); (via Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1920

  • Jentsch, Ernst. "Der Radierer Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1757 Berlin-1835 Dessau." Unpublished dissertation. Breslau, 1920: no. 163.

1976

  • Martens, Ulf. Der Zeichner und Radierer C. W. Kolbe. Berlin, 1976: no. 211.

Wikidata ID

Q76556654

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