2023.522: Panoramic View of Grindelwald with View of Finsteraarhorn and both Grindelwald Glaciers

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.522

People

Jean-Antoine Linck, Swiss (Geneva 1766 - 1843 Geneva)

Title

Panoramic View of Grindelwald with View of Finsteraarhorn and both Grindelwald Glaciers

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Panorama von Grindelwald mit Blick auf Finsterhorn und die beiden Grindelwaldgletscher

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1820-1821

Culture

Swiss

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/381012

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on brown paper; two sheets joined

Dimensions

sight: 42.3 × 114.8 cm (16 5/8 × 45 3/16 in.)
frame: 59 × 131.5 cm (23 1/4 × 51 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: left sheet, lower right, black ink: J. Ant Linck
• inscription: right sheet, lower right, black ink: J. Ant Linck
• inscription: upper left (by first mountain peak from left), graphite: Vetterhorn
• inscription: upper left (by second mountain peak from left), graphite: Berglistock
• inscription: upper left (by third mountain peak from left), graphite: Schreckhorn
• inscription: upper center (between third and fourth mountain peaks from left), graphite: 13 Simelihorn / 14 Röthihorn [mispelling of Rötihorn with ambiguous letter after t]
• inscription: top center (by fourth mountain peak from left), graphite: Finsteraarhorn
• inscription: top center (by fifth mountain peak from left), graphite: 1 Viescherhörner
• inscription: top center (by sixth mountain peak from left), graphite: 2 hörnlein

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Murizet Collection, Geneva. Choné SARL, Paris. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2013, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81 in honor of Nina Munk

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.522

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, auct. cat., August Laube (Zürich, 2013), inside cover, cat no. 1, repr. on cover with foldout and on title page

Exhibition History

• Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, August Laube, Zurich, 10/26/2013 - 11/09/2013

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