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The image shows a pastoral scene with a river, figures engaged in various activities, distant hills, faint outlines of structures, a detailed and precise style typical of late 18th to early 19th-century etchings, and a monochromatic color palette in black and white. Trees, clouds, and the river add to the composition.
National Gallery of Art · Print
A Group of Peasants Loading Hay onto Boats
Heinrich Carl Reinhold, after Friedrich Philipp Reinhold
- Date
- c. 1815-1817
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 10.32 × 16.67 cm (4 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.) plate: 12.38 × 19.05 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 13.34 × 20.64 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2018.169.5
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1801 to 1825
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Tree
- Water
- Boat
- Basket
- Figures
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: Friedrich Reinhold inv.; lower right in plate: Heinr. Reinhold. fecit.
NGA object ID 216817. 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.