Der Watzmann bei Salzburg (The Watzmann near Salzburg)

1830

Ludwig Richter

Associated Names
Ludwig Richter

Artist, German, 1803 - 1884

The image shows a landscape with a tree in the foreground, a small path, a couple walking with a dog, the horizon, a sky, mountain peaks, and a house. The engraving's brushstrokes are detailed, with fine lines for texture and gradations for depth. The color palette is monochrome.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.1 x 20.8 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.5 x 29.1 cm (8 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.10.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hoff-Budde 1922, no. 197, State iv/iv

  • 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 center in plate: Der Waltzmann / bei Salzburg.; upper right in plate: 5.

Markings

BS: C.G. Boerner

Wikidata ID

Q75396209

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