Landscape with Large Leaves and Three Satyrs

c. 1800

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Associated Names
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Artist, German, 1759 - 1835

The image shows a woodland scene with dense foliage and trees obscuring the horizon. The composition includes large leaves and plant life in the foreground, a body of water in the middle with two partially submerged figures, and detailed, gnarled trees on the right. The style features fine line work and a monochromatic palette, emphasizing texture and contrast. In the distance, trees fade slightly but maintain an intricate look.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.1 × 32.7 cm (10 1/4 × 12 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.6 × 33.5 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Martens 1976, no. 84, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Olimpia Theodoli, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 26, 1997; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Martens, Ulf. Der Zeichner und Radierer C. W. Kolbe. Berlin, 1976: no. 84, iii/iii

Inscriptions

below image, at right: C W Kolbe f.; in image, at top right: 90

Wikidata ID

Q75397506

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