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The image displays a rural landscape with a river, hills, trees, a castle or manor on a hill, and various figures engaged in activities like fishing and tending to herds of cattle and sheep. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic sepia tone with fine detailing of the brushstrokes.
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The image displays a rural landscape with a river, hills, trees, a castle or manor on a hill, and various figures engaged in activities like fishing and tending to herds of cattle and sheep. The scene is depicted in a monochromatic sepia tone with fine detailing of the brushstrokes.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Augustusburg Castle Seen from the River

Adrian Zingg

Date
1790s
Medium
etching with brown wash on wove paper, on an old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 30.8 × 43.3 cm (12 1/8 × 17 1/16 in.) sheet: 43 × 60.2 cm (16 15/16 × 23 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.104.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Views of Castles in Sachsenburg

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • River
  • animal
  • Figures
Provenance

(sale, Koller Auctions, Zurich, 27 March 2015, no. 3659); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2015 by NGA.

NGA object ID 204160. 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.