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The image shows a view from within a large structure made of wooden beams and brick, looking out onto a rustic scene. There is a misty gray sky in the distance and various materials like wood, stone, and foliage are depicted with realistic brushstrokes. The color palette is warm and earthy, and there are decorative carvings on a column close to us, with laundry hanging to dry. In the distance, there is a mill with cascading water and a figure by the water's edge.
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The image shows a view from within a large structure made of wooden beams and brick, looking out onto a rustic scene. There is a misty gray sky in the distance and various materials like wood, stone, and foliage are depicted with realistic brushstrokes. The color palette is warm and earthy, and there are decorative carvings on a column close to us, with laundry hanging to dry. In the distance, there is a mill with cascading water and a figure by the water's edge.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill

Caspar Wolf

Date
1760s
Medium
gouache on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 45 x 58.2 cm (17 11/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2003.61.1
Credit line
Rudolf and Lore Heinemann Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • interior
  • Swiss
  • Water
  • Nature
  • Building
  • ruins
Provenance

(sale, Christie's London, 5 December 1989, no. 95). (Galerie de Loës, Geneva, 2001); (Arturo Cuellar, Zurich); purchased 2003 by NGA.

NGA object ID 126993. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.