Village Landscape | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.208
People: Johann Christian Gotthelf Müller, German (Dresde 1782 - 1850)
Title: Village Landscape
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1839
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312525

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and white gouache on brown wove paper

Dimensions

21 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.l., graphite: Muller
inscription: l.r.: Muller 1839; verso: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 254 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College); on mount, graphite: brought from Dresden 1848 by Richard Grahl (agent for the Artist) Drawn in pencil/ by Muller. Original

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.208
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 21, p. 167

Verification Level

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