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I was also in Arcadia (Kai ego en Arkadia)

Adrian Zingg1789-1790

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

A Swiss etcher and draftsman primarily active in Germany, Zingg was esteemed as one of the most
important landscapists of his generation. This Arcadian view---a technical marvel combining line etching with delicate washes of brown---is a superb example of the German Romantic landscape in which contemplative, idealized figures meditate and converse in a meticulously rendered wooded grove. It is thought that Zingg executed the etching and members of his workshop completed the hand-coloring, following one of Zingg’s drawings.

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  • Title: I was also in Arcadia (Kai ego en Arkadia)
  • Creator: Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734-1816)
  • Date Created: 1789-1790
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 44.5 x 61 cm (17 1/2 x 24 in.); Image: 44.5 x 61 cm (17 1/2 x 24 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.10
  • Medium: etching hand-colored with wash
  • Inscriptions: verso, pen and brown ink: Auch ich war in Arcadian
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: Switzerland, 18th century
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: PR - Etching
  • Accession Number: 2004.10
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