A Waterfall by Rock Cliffs

1750s(?)

Johann Christoph Dietzsch

Associated Names
Johann Christoph Dietzsch

Artist, German, 1710 - 1769

The image is a pencil drawing of a landscape with boulders, rocky formations, trees, birds in the sky, and fishermen near a river or stream. The drawing features delicate branches, light brushstrokes, careful shading techniques, and a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of gray and black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with gray wash on laid paper, with black ink border

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.3 x 22.2 cm (11 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.69.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Conrad Spengler, Copenhagen (1767-1839)(Lugt 1434); (Joseph Fach Galerie und Kunstantiquariat, Frankfurt); NGA purchase in 2012

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in boulders: J. C. D; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Cab. d. Sq. / 702; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Johann Christoph Dietzsch / Nünberg / 754 / VI--9-Bes AOLLI

Wikidata ID

Q64581893

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