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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.205
People
Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, German (Leipzig 1745 - 1808)
Title
Horse and Cart Travelling under a Bridge
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299577

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and brown wash on antique laid paper
Dimensions
16.2 x 23.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., graphite: J. Mechau Del
  • inscription: on mount, graphite: (left) From the Lindner Cabinet at Leipsic/ one of the finest Drawings of the master/ see Catalogue/ 249/ by J. Mechau gb. 213/ (center) Lindner 213 Vorzüglicher und höchst geistreicher Blatt gl
  • watermark: D & C BLAUW

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lindner; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.205
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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