Villagers at a City Gate Greeting a Dignitary

1764

Salomon Gessner

Associated Names
Salomon Gessner

Artist, Swiss, 1730 - 1788

The image is a black and white etching depicting a scene with a stone tower on the left side and an archway with figures in the distance. Intricate lines create texture, with smoke from a chimney and clouds above. A group of people is gathered near the viewer, suggesting daily life in a historical or pastoral setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper tinted pale blue

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.5 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.12.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leemann-Van Elck 1930, no. 10

  • Series Title

    X paysages dédiés à Mr. Watelet auteur du poème sur l'art de peindre (Ten Landscapes Dedicated to Mr. Watelet, Author of the Poem on the Art of Painting) [Lehmann-van Elck 1-10]

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: 10.; by later hand, lower right in ink: A.

Wikidata ID

Q75396132

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