Landscape with Resting Children ("La Dolce far niente")

c. 1875/1877

Wilhelm Leibl

Associated Names
Wilhelm Leibl

Artist, German, 1844 - 1900

The image is an etching of a landscape with a person lying on the grass under a tree, overlooking a body of water in the distance. The trees are intricately detailed, and the scene is depicted in varying shades of black and gray on a natural paper background. More trees line the horizon.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Munich; Wolfgang Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz; Gift 2018 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Billeter, Felix, et al. Wilhelm Leibl: zum 150. Geburtstag. Heidelberg, 1994: no. B17, State ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in ink: W. Leibl; upper center verso in graphite: 12; lower left verso in graphite: D46; lower left verso in graphite, written sideways: 30

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