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The Artists on Their Journey
Johann Adam Klein1819
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This image was created to capture the memory of a walking tour by the artist and four friends through the Salzburg-Berchtesgaden region of the Alps in August, 1818. Klein depicted his friends—all artists—with backpacks, easels, and satchels for carrying their artist’s materials. Artists working in the Romantic era placed importance on travel as a path to self-knowledge and creative inspiration.
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- Title: The Artists on Their Journey
- Creator: Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792-1875)
- Date Created: 1819
- Physical Dimensions: Plate: 24.5 x 30.3 cm (9 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 29.3 x 34 cm (11 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Philadelphia Print Club Permanent Collection, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, C.G. Boerner, New York, NY, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.304
- Medium: etching on wove paper
- Inscriptions: In plate: “gezeichnet auf einer malersohen Reise von Salzburg nach Berchtesgaden im taguft 1818”, below left of image; “J.A. Klein fec München 1819”, below right of image; “Meinen Reisegefährten gewidmet” below image., Collector’s Mark, verso: Lugt 2049c, Philadelphia Print Club Permanent Collection, Inscription, graphite, recto: “(illeg) 234.II/Portraits of artists Fr. Reinhold H. Reinhold Christian Erhard F. Welker”
- Fun Fact: The artists portrayed in this print were friends who walked through the Bavarian Alps together in 1818 in order to sketch the alpine landscapes they encountered.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Germany, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Margaret and Peter Dobbins in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Print Club of Cleveland
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 2018.304
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