Landscape with Bridge and Ruins
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on tan wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Dimensions
16.1 × 19.6 cm (6 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3758
Art Historical Context
Nestled among the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints and Drawings collection, *Landscape with Bridge and Ruins* is an evocative undated work by German artist Franz Kobell (1776–1848). This intimate drawing, measuring just 16.1 × 19.6 cm, captures a picturesque scene of weathered ruins arching over a bridge in a tranquil natural setting. Kobell, from a family of distinguished Munich artists, specialized in landscapes inspired by 17th-century Dutch masters like Jacob van Ruisdael, blending meticulous detail with a Romantic sensibility for the sublime beauty of decay and nature's reclamation. Ren...
About the Artist
Franz Kobell · 1749–1822
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