Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto]

1816/1821

Friedrich Salathé

Artist, Swiss, 1793 - 1858

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.1 x 41.4 cm (11 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.47.1.a

Associated Artworks

Grove of Trees [verso]

Friedrich Salathé

1793

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist. Kurt Meissner, Zurich; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Friedrich Salathe, 1793 - 1858: Ein Zeichner der Romantik, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Kunst und Kulturegeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1988, no. 118, fig. 44.

Bibliography

2001

  • C. G. Boerner. 400 Years of Swiss Drawing: The Kurt Meissner Collection. New York, 2001: no. 12.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: mathematical calculations

Wikidata ID

Q64570876

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