Ruth and Boas

1825

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Associated Names
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Artist, German, 1794 - 1872

This is a drawing of figures engaged in agricultural activities. The scene shows an agrarian landscape with multiple figures standing and working amidst tall grass or crops. The foreground features a woman holding a sheaf of wheat, with two men at her side. Additional figures in the background are working the field. The drawing showcases detailed line work capturing the folds of clothing, texture of the foliage, and expressions of the figures. In the background are trees, distant hills, and fluffy clouds in a softly contoured sky, conveying a pastoral atmosphere of rural life.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner Inc., Dusseldorf). (sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 30 October 1956, no. 293). Gustav Stein, Cologne. (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich) 1990. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Zeichnungen, Landesmuseum Mainz and Vereinsbank, Munich (Palais Preysing). Munich, 1994 144-145, no. 57.

2008

  • L'Age d'or du romantisme allemand: Aquarelles et dessins à l'époque de Goethe, Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris, 2008, 262-263, no. 107.

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, 37, 174-175, no. 59.

Bibliography

1957

  • C. G. Boerner. Neue Lagerliste 19. Handzeichnungen aus vier Jahrhunderten. Düsseldorf, 1957: 14, no. 68 (reprod.).

1973

  • Muthmann, Ruth. "Die Graphische Sammlung Gustav Stein: Zu Einigen deutschen Blättern." In Festschrift für Gustav Stein. Edited by Fritz Berg and Berthold von Bohlen und Halbach. Cologne, 1973: 129, 134, pl. 2.

1998

  • "Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1794-1872, Ruth in Boaz's Field, 1828," The National Gallery Report, April 1997-March 1998. London, 1998: 14.

2001

  • Teichmann, Michael. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) und seine Ölgemälde: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Frankfurt, 2001: 43, 128-132, 295, no. 16, fig. 35.

Inscriptions

signed and dated at bottom left in brown ink: 18 IS [in monogram] 25; verso in graphite: Schnorr...5307...(2)

Wikidata ID

Q64591736

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