Wooded Landscape with a Herd of Goats and a Herm

1764

Salomon Gessner

Associated Names
Salomon Gessner

Artist, Swiss, 1730 - 1788

The image shows a landscape with a cluster of trees at the horizon, a large tree blending into the figure of a man in the foreground, and a flock of sheep grazing in the distance. The style features detailed linework and textures resembling etching or engraving, using a monochromatic palette of black and white for depth and contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.8 x 18.9 cm (8 3/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.12.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (blind stamp, EM, Lugt 885); Prof. Dr. Richard Jung, probably Switzerland or Germany [1911-1986] (Lugt undescribed); (Lutz Riester), Switzerland; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Leemann-Van Elck, Paul. Salomon Gessner: Dichter, Maler und Radierer, 1730-1788. Zurich, 1930.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: S.Gessner. f.; lower center in plate: 5.; by later hand, lower right in ink: A.

Watermarks

Shield with fleur-de-lis (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75395905

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