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The image shows a valley surrounded by hills, with buildings on a distant hill. The landscape is depicted with expressive brushstrokes, emphasizing the texture of the scene. The color palette is sepia-toned. Figures are walking on a path near shrubs and trees. In the background, there is a building with a chimney and tall trees. The sky has clouds and beams of light.
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The image shows a valley surrounded by hills, with buildings on a distant hill. The landscape is depicted with expressive brushstrokes, emphasizing the texture of the scene. The color palette is sepia-toned. Figures are walking on a path near shrubs and trees. In the background, there is a building with a chimney and tall trees. The sky has clouds and beams of light.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Storm over the Mountains near Nocera

Attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Date
c. 1787
Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20.8 x 29.8 cm (8 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.) image: 18.4 x 27.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.96
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Storm
  • Procession
  • Building
  • Figures
  • Frame
Provenance

(Galerie Fischer, Lucerne). David Lachenmann, Munich, 1996. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

below border line at bottom center in brown ink: [illeg.]...Nocera...[illeg.]; at left in modern graphite: Goethe; on verso in modern graphite at top right: 2478D; at bottom center: coll. 1750; at bottom left a sticker numbered in pen: 375

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 139278. 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.