Harvard Art Museums > BR61.17: Landscape with Travelers Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape with Travelers (Ferdinand Kobell) , BR61.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/222872. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR61.17 People Ferdinand Kobell, German (Mannheim, Germany 1740 - 1799 Munich, Germany) Title Landscape with Travelers Other Titles Original Language Title: Flußlandschaft mit Wegbiegung und Reiter Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 18th century Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/222872 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 41 x 49.3 cm (16 1/8 x 19 7/16 in.) framed: 52.5 x 63.8 cm (20 11/16 x 25 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on upper stretcher at r., black ink, handwritten, German: Ferd: Kobel // ein Pfaelzer Maler // geboren in Mannheim 1740 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kuhn Accession Year 1961 Object Number BR61.17 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The canvas is mounted overall to metal. Commentary William J. Lennon, Montclair, NJ (?-1959), sold; to Charles L. Kuhn, Cambridge, MA (1959-1961), gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1961. Publication History Margret Biedermann, Ferdinand Kobell 1740-1799: Das malerische und zeichnerische Werk, Galerie Biedermann (Munich, Germany, 1973), p. 122, repr. p. 145 as fig. 43 Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 44, repr. Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 115, fig. 449, ill. p. 272 Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 213 Exhibition History German Rococo and Romanticism, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, 03/12/1977 - 05/01/1977 German Painting 1760-1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/1983 - 02/19/1984 Masterpieces of European Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/22/1985 - 09/15/1985 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
