Rock Cliffs above a Stream
Johann Christoph Erhard
c. 1818
Medium
graphite on
Dimensions
sheet: 40.4 x 33.4 cm (15 7/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Martin Moeller
Accession Number
2007.76.1
About the Artist
Johann Christoph Erhard · 1795–1822
Johann Christoph Erhard (1795–1822) was a German painter and etcher of the Romantic era whose sensitive landscape studies and skillful prints earned him a growing reputation before his tragically early death at twenty-six. Born in Nuremberg, he studied at the Nuremberg Academy and later in Munich, where he was influenced by the Romantic landscape tradition and the revival of interest in the art of...