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The image features a lower angle perspective looking up at a rocky outcropping where elegantly dressed people are gathered. The individuals are situated on a large rock and to the right, interacting amid shrubs and trees. The horizon is obscured by the rocky terrain, but the sky above is clear with soft cloud formations. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing the texture of the rocks and foliage. The color palette includes earthy tones for the rocks and vegetation, with pops of color in the clothing of the people. In the distance, there are soft transitions between the sky and distant terrain.
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The image features a lower angle perspective looking up at a rocky outcropping where elegantly dressed people are gathered. The individuals are situated on a large rock and to the right, interacting amid shrubs and trees. The horizon is obscured by the rocky terrain, but the sky above is clear with soft cloud formations. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing the texture of the rocks and foliage. The color palette includes earthy tones for the rocks and vegetation, with pops of color in the clothing of the people. In the distance, there are soft transitions between the sky and distant terrain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Royal Party Admiring the Sunset atop the Hesselberg Mountain

Johann Georg von Dillis

Date
1801
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and gray ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 42.8 x 37.1 cm (16 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.8
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Ladislaus and Beatrix von Hoffmann
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Mountains
  • Hat
  • Mountain
  • Rock
  • Nature
  • Figures
  • Boulder
Provenance

(sale, Hugo Ruef, Munich, 23 November 1972, no cat.). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

signed and dated at bottom right in black ink: G. Dillis fecit/1801; dated on original backing cardboard: den 23. May 1801

Watermarks

D&C BLAUW with "ghost crown" visible in raking light

NGA object ID 139102. 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.