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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.522
People
Jean-Antoine Linck, Swiss (Geneva 1766 - 1843 Geneva)
Title
Panoramic View of Grindelwald with View of Finsteraarhorn and both Grindelwald Glaciers
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Panorama von Grindelwald mit Blick auf Finsterhorn und die beiden Grindelwaldgletscher
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1820-1821
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381012

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on brown paper; two sheets joined
Dimensions
sight: 42.3 × 114.8 cm (16 5/8 × 45 3/16 in.)
frame: 59 × 131.5 cm (23 1/4 × 51 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left sheet, lower right, black ink: J. Ant Linck
  • inscription: right sheet, lower right, black ink: J. Ant Linck
  • inscription: upper left (by first mountain peak from left), graphite: Vetterhorn
  • inscription: upper left (by second mountain peak from left), graphite: Berglistock
  • inscription: upper left (by third mountain peak from left), graphite: Schreckhorn
  • inscription: upper center (between third and fourth mountain peaks from left), graphite: 13 Simelihorn / 14 Röthihorn [mispelling of Rötihorn with ambiguous letter after t]
  • inscription: top center (by fourth mountain peak from left), graphite: Finsteraarhorn
  • inscription: top center (by fifth mountain peak from left), graphite: 1 Viescherhörner
  • inscription: top center (by sixth mountain peak from left), graphite: 2 hörnlein

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Murizet Collection, Geneva. Choné SARL, Paris. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2013, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81 in honor of Nina Munk
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.522
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, auct. cat., August Laube (Zürich, 2013), inside cover, cat no. 1, repr. on cover with foldout and on title page

Exhibition History

  • Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, August Laube, Zurich, 10/26/2013 - 11/09/2013

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