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Friedrich Salathé

Ruins of a Fortified Tower among Wooded Hills [recto], 1816/1821

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Medium

brown wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.1 x 41.4 cm (11 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Meissner

Accession Number

2002.47.1.a

Artists / Makers

Friedrich Salathé (artist) Swiss, 1793 - 1858

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in graphite: mathematical calculations

Provenance

Estate of the artist. Kurt Meissner, Zurich; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Galerie Kurt Meissner

Exhibition History

1988: Friedrich Salathe, 1793 - 1858: Ein Zeichner der Romantik, Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Kunst und Kulturegeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1988, no. 118, fig. 44.

Bibliography

2001: C. G. Boerner. 400 Years of Swiss Drawing: The Kurt Meissner Collection. New York, 2001: no. 12.

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