Hilly Landscape with a Stream

1800/1805

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Associated Names
Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Artist, German, 1749 - 1822

The image shows a landscape from an elevated point of view, featuring a natural scene. The horizon is suggested by the meeting of the sky and distant hills. The brushstrokes are distinct and lively, utilizing short, repetitive strokes to provide texture to the trees and grassy areas. The color palette consists of earthy tones with greens and browns for the foliage and land, contrasted by the soft blue of the sky and the water. The scene conveys a rustic and vibrant essence of nature.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo von Klenze, Munich. (sale, Karl & Faber, 28 November 1975, no. 474). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Franz Kobell, Ein Landschaftszeichner um 1800, Städtische Galerie Traunstein, 1997: 28, no. 67 (Thomas Herbig).

2005

  • Franz Kobell (1749-1822): Ein Zeichner zwischen Idylle und Realismus, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 2005, no. 46, reproduced p. 26.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 36, no. 49, under nos. 50 and 87.

Bibliography

1974

  • Wichmann, Siegfried. Franz Innocenz Kobell 1749 - 1822: Erste Ansätze einer chronologischen Ordnung des graphischen Werks. Munich-Starnberg, 1974: no. 19.

1981

  • Wichmann, Siegfried. Meister, Schüler, Themen. Münchner Landschaftsmalerei im 19. Jahrhundert. Herrsching 1981: 17, pl. 26.

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Wikidata ID

Q64570506

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