Wooded Landscape with a Pollarded Tree

1764

Salomon Gessner

Associated Names
Salomon Gessner

Artist, Swiss, 1730 - 1788

The image displays a landscape view from a slightly elevated perspective of a dense forest scene. The composition includes trees, foliage, fine lines, cross-hatching for texture, and a monochromatic color palette. A large tree trunk is in the center, with branches extending upwards. A small waterfall is visible to the right. In the distance, a figure is partially obscured by foliage. The background features more forest vegetation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.12.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 9

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. inv et. f.; lower center in plate: 9.; by later hand, lower right in ink: A.

Wikidata ID

Q75396060

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