Venetian Fantasy with the Dogana

1750s

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Associated Names
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner

Artist, German, 1709 - 1761

The image shows a harbor with buildings lining the horizon, the sea, and the sky above. The style is detailed and features precise lines and soft gray tones. People are shown on the quay engaged in various activities, with boats and additional figures visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black and gray ink over graphite with gray wash and white heightening on blue laid paper, rubbed on verso with red chalk and partly indented for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Director's Discretionary Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.4 x 36.3 cm (8 13/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.67.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

German private collection, near Munich, by 19th century - until 1994; (Galerie Siegfried Billisberger, Munich, 1994); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Galerie Siegfried Billisberger. Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, Zeichnungen. Munich, 1995: no. 15.

Wikidata ID

Q64582086

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