A River Bank with Mountains Beyond

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Associated Names
Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Artist, German, 1749 - 1822

The image shows a landscape with a lower perspective looking up at a large hillside or cliffs. The horizon is positioned in the upper third of the image, marked by the crest of the hill. Wispy clouds are seen just below this line in the sky. The hillside has broad brushstrokes indicating a rough texture, while trees below it are painted with intricate, shorter strokes. A body of water flows horizontally in front, with its surface depicted using horizontal brushstrokes. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of different shades of brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.3 x 20 cm (6 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.1.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

sale, Sotheby's, Munich, 10 December 1992, lot 119; via Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich; purchased 1993 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: [?] 4909 / S77

Watermarks

HONIG

Wikidata ID

Q64570498

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