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The image shows a rustic scene with a house, trees, and a figure washing near a stream. Two children stand in the middle distance next to a ladder. In the background are two thatched houses among trees. The drawing style is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching, creating texture. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of black and gray, emphasizing light and shadow.
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The image shows a rustic scene with a house, trees, and a figure washing near a stream. Two children stand in the middle distance next to a ladder. In the background are two thatched houses among trees. The drawing style is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching, creating texture. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of black and gray, emphasizing light and shadow.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Fisherman and Two Children in a Landscape with Thatched Cottages

Salomon Gessner

Date
1764
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.5 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1996.12.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
X paysages dédiés à Mr. Watelet auteur du poème sur l'art de peindre (Ten Landscapes Dedicated to Mr. Watelet, Author of the Poem on the Art of Painting) [Lehmann-van Elck 1-10]

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • architecture
  • occupation
  • genre
  • Landscape
  • Rustic
  • topographical
  • landscape
  • Swiss
  • Fisherman
Provenance

Unidentified collector (blind stamp, EM, Lugt 885); Prof. Dr. Richard Jung, probably Switzerland or Germany [1911-1986] (Lugt undescribed); (Lutz Riester), Switzerland; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: S.Gessner inv: et fec.; lower center in plate: 2.; by later hand, lower right in ink: A.

Watermarks

Shield with fleur-de-lis (partial watermark)

NGA object ID 94134. 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.