Ancient Roman Ruins Overgrown with Trees and Bushes, 1793/1795

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Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 27.9 × 43.9 cm (11 × 17 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2016.84.1

Artists / Makers

Johann Gottfried Klinsky (artist) German, 1765 - 1828

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 43,3 x 27,8; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: J. G. Klinsky 1765 - 1827

Provenance

Eugen Roth [1895-1976], Munich (Lugt 2150b); (Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Robert Wölfle, Munich, by 2016); (via C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Roth, Eugen

Exhibition History

1955: Aus der Sammlung Eugen Roth, Munchen, Staatlichen Graphischen Sammlung, Munich, 1955, no. 31.

2016: Aus der Sammlung Eugen Roth: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen der Romantik. Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Robert Wölfle, Munich, 2016, no. 30 (color).