Corner of the Meadow with Reeds and Other Plants
c. 1800
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
18.8 × 23.8 cm (7 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
209984
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Zingg moved to Dresden early in his career and was a prolific draftsman, engraver, and etcher of landscapes. His oeuvre was key to both Romantic and Realist landscape painting in Germany. In its focus on the natural world, this closely observed botanical study is just the type of drawing that profoundly influenced the great German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich.
About the Artist
Adrian Zingg · 1734–1816
Comment on works: Landscape draughtsman; engraver; etcher