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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.139
People
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish (Aabenraa, Denmark 1783 - 1853 Copenhagen)
Title
Entrance to the Baumannshöhle in the Harz Mountains
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1810
Culture
Danish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319341

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
15 x 19.5 cm (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower center: C. W. Eckersberg fec. / Eingang zur Baumanshöhle [sic]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower left: 183.
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower right: 11[?] / 183.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, by exchange
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.139
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henrik Bramsen, C. W. Eckersberg I Paris: Dagbog Og Breve 1810-13 (Copenhagen, 1947), p. 18
  • Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg: Some Early Works, auct. cat., Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel (Hamburg, 2007), catalogue entry, repr. [unpaged]
  • Thomas W. Lentz, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2006-7, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2008), p. 25, repr.

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