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The image shows a figure seated on stone steps, partially obscured by a large, basket-like structure. Stone pillars flank the figure, with foliage in the background. A path leads to a rustic fence that climbs a hill, and mountains are in the far distance under a light sky. The artwork is done in a monochromatic palette with intricate lines and cross-hatching techniques.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A Young Couple under a Large Wicker Basket
Heinrich Carl Reinhold, after Friedrich Philipp Reinhold
- Date
- c. 1815-1817
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 10.16 × 17.15 cm (4 × 6 3/4 in.) plate: 12.38 × 19.05 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 13.81 × 20 cm (5 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2018.169.4
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1801 to 1825
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Landscape
- Seated figure
- Tree
- Basket
- Building
Provenance
Dr. Andreas Andresen [1828-1871], Nuremberg and Leipzig; (his sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, December 1, 1873, part of no. 2090 [1]); John S. Phillips [1800-1876], Philadelphia; bequeathed 1876 to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; de-accessioned and acquired by Philadelphia Museum of Art 1985 (Muriel and Philip Berman Gift); de-accessioned 2017 [2] and sold through (C.G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2018 by NGA. [1] described as “14 Bl. Genredarstellungen und Landschaften mit Vieh. 8. fol. Hübsche Blätter in schönon Drucken. Zwei Blatt doppelt” [2] accession numbers 1985-52-18701 to 18706
Inscription
lower left in plate: in Wachs gemalt von Friedr. Reinhold.; lower right in plate: geätzt von Heinr. Reinhold.; upper left verso in graphite: 3); lower right verso in graphite by later hand: 1985-52-3514 [crossed out]
NGA object ID 216816. 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.