Mountainous Landscape with Inscription to Salomon Gessner (Switzerland)
Date:
ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, black wash, graphite, and white grouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 17 inches (26.5 × 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, center right: "SALOON. GES | NERN. | WOLTE. DIE. NATUR | EIN. DENKAL. | STIFTEN. UND. SIE. | LIES. HIER. SEINEN | NAMEN VEREWIGEN | DURCH | 1788 Z.U.B"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection