Waterfalls in a Mountain Forest

1797

Johann Georg von Dillis

Artist, German, 1759 - 1841

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1997.25.1

Artwork history & notes

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

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

illegible

Wikidata ID

Q64581968

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