View of the Castle Gnandstein

Adrian Zinggc. 1795

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Title: View of the Castle Gnandstein
Creator: Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734-1816)
Date Created: c. 1795
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.5 x 52.3 cm (15 3/16 x 20 9/16 in.); Mounted: 47.2 x 63.2 cm (18 9/16 x 24 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (Lugt 1391); Dorotheum, Vienna, 4/2/2015 sale, lot 119; C. G. Boerner, NYC.
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.76
Medium: Grey wash and black ink (applied with pen and point-of-brush) with brown ink and traces of graphite underdrawing
Inscriptions: Inscribed (verso), lower left, in graphite: "AR BRG / A. Zingg" Inscribed (mount), lower right, in graphite: "Zingg, Adrian / Ansicht des Schlosses / Gnandstein. / Feder u[nd] get[uscht]. 15 N."; lower right, in black ink: "Zingg, Adrian, Zeichner & Kupferstecher / gib 1734 zu St Gallen gest. 1816 zu Leipzig"
Department: Drawings
Culture: Switzerland, 18th century
Credit Line: Alma Kroeger Fund
Collection: DR - Swiss
Accession Number: 2015.76

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