2004.73: A Willow Tree on the Prater Island in Munich, with the Quellwasser Footbridge and the Hospital on the Opposite Bank of the Isar River

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2004.73

People

Johann Georg von Dillis, German (Grüngiebing, Schwindkirchen near Haag 1759 - 1841 Munich)

Title

A Willow Tree on the Prater Island in Munich, with the Quellwasser Footbridge and the Hospital on the Opposite Bank of the Isar River

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1822

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/194407

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, brown and gray wash, and white gouache on brown prepared laid paper

Dimensions

41.9 x 34 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, l.r., graphite: G v D. [not certain whether inscription is in the artist's hand]
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, German: von G. von Dillis A............... in Munchen
• watermark: circle with crowned lion, M BRANDMILLER
• inscription: lower left, graphite: 301

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[C.G. Boerner, LLC, New York] sold; to Vermeer Associates, 1999, sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in memory of Romy Loring and in honor of Caleb Loring, Jr.

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

2004.73

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Deutsche Zeichnungen 1600-1900, auct. cat., C. G. Boerner (Düsseldorf, Germany, 1999), catalogue #19

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