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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.73
People
Johann Georg von Dillis, German (Grüngiebing, Schwindkirchen near Haag 1759 - 1841 Munich)
Title
A Willow Tree on the Prater Island in Munich, with the Quellwasser Footbridge and the Hospital on the Opposite Bank of the Isar River
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1822
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194407

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, brown and gray wash, and white gouache on brown prepared laid paper
Dimensions
41.9 x 34 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, l.r., graphite: G v D. [not certain whether inscription is in the artist's hand]
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, German: von G. von Dillis A............... in Munchen
  • watermark: circle with crowned lion, M BRANDMILLER
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 301

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[C.G. Boerner, LLC, New York] sold; to Vermeer Associates, 1999, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in memory of Romy Loring and in honor of Caleb Loring, Jr.
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.73
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Deutsche Zeichnungen 1600-1900, auct. cat., C. G. Boerner (Düsseldorf, Germany, 1999), catalogue #19

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