Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest, 1797

Not on View

Medium

watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on two joined sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 35.2 x 30.5 cm (13 7/8 x 12 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund

Accession Number

1997.25.1

Artists / Makers

Johann Georg von Dillis (artist) German, 1759 - 1841

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left verso in graphite: G.v. Dillis fe / 97; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 177 / 21; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Non

Provenance

Helmut Domizlaff (1902-1983)(his mark[?], HD in a circle [Lugt undesc.]); by inheritance to his nephew; (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Domizlaff, Helmut
Galerie Arnoldi-Livie

Exhibition History

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 114.

2000: Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 200.

Bibliography

1997: Robison, Andrew. "Johann Georg von Dillis, Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art no. 17 (Spring 1997): 6.

2001: Robison, Andrew, "Later American Collectors of Later German Drawings," Master Drawings 39, no. 2, Summer 2001, 188-189, fig. 20.

2010: Robison, Andrew. "German Drawings for the National Gallery of Art: The Wolfgang Ratjen Collection." NGA Bulletin, Spring 2010: 14, 15, fig. 18.