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The image shows a landscape view from a slightly elevated position facing a river. In the scene, there are trees and a church with a pointed steeple on the horizon. The etching uses fine lines and cross-hatching for texture and shading. The color scheme is monochrome with varying densities of black lines on an off-white background. Two figures with a dog are walking on a path near the river. The path curves, leading to a bridge in the middle ground. In the distance, there is more vegetation and small structures on the banks.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Bogenhausen
Wilhelm von Kobell
- Date
- 1818
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 12.1 × 15.5 cm (4 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 21.6 × 30 cm (8 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2012.92.748
- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
- Time span
- 1801 to 1825
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Seven Views from the Surroundings of Munich
Subjects and terms
- figure
- Landscape
- Dog
- Water
- Building
Provenance
(Galerie Arnold-Livie, Munich); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Inscription
in image, at top center: Bogenhausen bey München WK: a: f; below image, at bottom left, in graphite: A 6 II.
NGA object ID 154405. 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.