On the Zweilütschine, Near Interlaken, Canton of Berne, The Jungfrau in the Distance
Date:
ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, black wash, gray wash, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 16 3/4 inches (33 × 42.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "The Inscription, carved on the Rock | HIER. WARD. DER. FREY. | HERR. VON. ROTENFLU. | VON. SEINEM. BRUDER. | ERSCHLAGEN. | DER. HEIMATLOSE. MORDER. | IN. BANN. ACHT. UND. | VERZWEIFLUNG. SCHLOSS. | IM. FERNEN. AUSLANDE. | SEINEN. EINST. | MACHTIGEN. STAMM"; center: "At this spot - The Baron Von Rotenflu | was slain by his brother. | The murderer, proscribed, banished | without country, and in despair, | ended, in a distant land, his once. | powerful race. -"; upper right: "On the Zweilutzen - near Interlacken | Canton of Berne | The Jungfrau in the distance"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection