Wine Barrels Loaded onto a Sailing Barge at Vevey

c. 1850

Johann Jacob Ulrich

Associated Names
Johann Jakob Ulrich

Artist, Swiss, 1798 - 1877

The image shows a calm water scene with a wooden vessel as the focal point, seen from a slightly elevated point of view. There is a small sailing boat visible in the distance to the left. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise. The color palette is soft with gentle browns, blues, and whites dominating. Close to the viewer, there is a simple wooden pier with a few figures in conversation or interaction. In the background, the main vessel has its sails partially unfurled, and to the right, a small rowboat rests on the water's surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.3 x 34.3 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist’s estate, Zurich. (sale,28 November 1946, Kunsthaus pro Arte Basel, Basel). (August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, August Laube, Zurich, 2009, no. 39.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in ink: 1080/20; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 26.5 x 34.8; lower center in graphite: Joh Jak Ulrich / 1798 - 1877; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 41064

Wikidata ID

Q64582041

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