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The image shows a group of figures walking along a path. One woman is carrying a basket, a child is with her, and another figure is ahead of them. A boy is running on the left side. In the background, there is a stone structure with foliage on top. The scene is detailed with finely etched lines, depicting the clothing and ground texture. The style is classical. The horizon is high with a sky filled with cloud etchings. A town with buildings and people can be seen in the distance. The color palette is black and white, emphasizing the linework and light-shadow contrast for depth and texture.
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The image shows a group of figures walking along a path. One woman is carrying a basket, a child is with her, and another figure is ahead of them. A boy is running on the left side. In the background, there is a stone structure with foliage on top. The scene is detailed with finely etched lines, depicting the clothing and ground texture. The style is classical. The horizon is high with a sky filled with cloud etchings. A town with buildings and people can be seen in the distance. The color palette is black and white, emphasizing the linework and light-shadow contrast for depth and texture.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Peasant Family Hurrying Past a Wayside Shrine in a Storm

Heinrich Carl Reinhold, after Friedrich Philipp Reinhold

Date
c. 1815-1817
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 10.48 × 16.83 cm (4 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.) plate: 12.38 × 19.05 cm (4 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.) sheet: 13.65 × 20.64 cm (5 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.169.6
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • family
  • portrait
  • Tree
  • Dog
  • child
  • Hat
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: Friedr. Reinhold inv.; lower right in plate: Heinr. Reinhold fecit; lower right verso in graphite by later hand: G39 1-481 / 1985-52-18826 [2nd line crossed out]

NGA object ID 216818. 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.