Landscape with Cottage on the Water

1760

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Associated Names
Franz Edmund Weirotter

Artist, Austrian, 1730 - 1771

The image depicts a rustic thatched roof cottage surrounded by lush trees. The composition leads towards the horizon where a village structure is faintly visible. The artwork uses intricate line work, likely etching, to emphasize texture. The monochromatic color palette creates depth and focuses on light and shadow. Ducks glide on the water near the cottage, surrounded by dense trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 15.1 × 15.3 cm (5 15/16 × 6 in.)
    mount: 17.7 × 17.1 cm (6 15/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.117.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Winterberg no. 57

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz; (Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased by NGA, 2024

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at bottom center: F. Weirotter [reversed]

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