Mountainous Landscape with Turrets
1922
Medium
engraving printed in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.7 × 14.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 × 20.7 cm (12 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Accession Number
2012.119.29
Art Historical Context
**Mountainous Landscape with Tur** by Otto Rodewald, completed in 1922, visitors into a striking vision of nature's majesty intertwined with architectural echoes. This engraving depicts rugged peaks rising dramatically, topped by turreted structures that evoke medieval fortresses or romantic ruins nestled in the mountains. Created during the early years of Germany's Weimar Republic, the work reflects a period when artists often turned to landscapes for escapism amid post-World War I upheaval. Rodewald masterfully employed engraving, a precise intaglio technique where an artist incises lines d...