Augustusburg Castle Seen from the River

1790s

Adrian Zingg

Associated Names
Adrian Zingg

Artist, Swiss, 1734 - 1816

The image displays a rural landscape with a river, hills, trees, a castle or manor on a hill, and various figures engaged in activities like fishing and tending to herds of cattle and sheep. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic sepia tone with fine detailing of the brushstrokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with brown wash on wove paper, on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.8 × 43.3 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 60.2 cm (16 15/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.104.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Koller Auctions, Zurich, 27 March 2015, no. 3659); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 24.

Wikidata ID

Q77015729

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