A Beech Wood with a Resting Traveler

Christoph Nathe1803

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Title: A Beech Wood with a Resting Traveler
Creator: Christoph Nathe (German, 1753-1806)
Date Created: 1803
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.5 x 57.6 cm (14 3/4 x 22 11/16 in.)
Provenance: Arno Hoffmann, Neugersdorf, until 1928; Dr. Franz Ulrich Apelt, Zittau, thence by descent; C. G. Boerner, NYC
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.118
Medium: brown and gray wash with extensive point of brush work, with traces of black chalk underdrawing on ivory wove paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right in brown watercolor:" CN 1823" Verso: collector's stamp, in light brown ink: "Dr. Apelt / Zittau enclosed in a square [not in Lugt]" in graphite: "No. 6 [crossed out]" in blue ink: "Nathe"
Department: Drawings
Culture: Germany, 19th century
Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Collection: DR - German
Accession Number: 2011.118

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