Das Tännengebirge bei Salzburg (The Tännengebirge near Salzburg)

1830

Ludwig Richter

Associated Names
Ludwig Richter

Artist, German, 1803 - 1884

The image depicts an open landscape with mountains in the background. The view is at eye-level, showing a group of people engaged in activities like tending to cattle and gathering near a tall stone structure. In the distance, a range of mountains dominates the horizon. The sky has soft clouds, and the image is in black and white with detailed textures and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 20.3 cm (6 5/16 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 22.6 x 28.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.10.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hoff-Budde 1922, no. 193, State vi/vi

  • Series Title

    VI Bll. Malerische Ansichten aus den Umgebungen von Salzburg (Six Plates. Picturesque Views of the Environs of Salzburg) [Hoff-Budde 193-198]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner), New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Hoff, Johann Friedrich (revised by Karl Budde). Adrian Ludwig Richter, Maler und Radierer. Freiburg, 1922 (revised printing of 1877 edition).

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: LR; lower center in plate: Das Tännengebirge / bei Salzburg; upper right in plate: 1.

Markings

BS: C.G. Boerner

Wikidata ID

Q75396195

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