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The image depicts a valley with mountains in the background. A village with buildings and trees is visible in the foreground, leading into the natural landscape. The painting style incorporates light brushstrokes with a watercolor effect. The color scheme includes soft blues and greens, with white areas suggesting unpainted sections. The chiaroscuro creates a serene atmosphere, with deeper hues in the mountains and lighter sketched areas in the foreground.
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The image depicts a valley with mountains in the background. A village with buildings and trees is visible in the foreground, leading into the natural landscape. The painting style incorporates light brushstrokes with a watercolor effect. The color scheme includes soft blues and greens, with white areas suggesting unpainted sections. The chiaroscuro creates a serene atmosphere, with deeper hues in the mountains and lighter sketched areas in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Berchtesgaden with the Watzmann Peak in the Distance

Ernst Fries

Date
1822
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 34.5 x 50 cm (13 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2011.52.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Germany
  • landscape
Provenance

The artist's family. Eugen Dreisch. (Kunsthandel Schlichte Bergen, Amsterdam)

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Berchtesgaden; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: no. 186 302

NGA object ID 155534. 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.