Badendes Mädchen vor toter Weide und Kräuterwerk

Bathing Girl in Front of Dead Willow And Herbs, 1800

ArtistCarl Wilhelm Kolbe der Ältere, Berlin 1757–1835 Dessau

Etching with drypoint

State/print versionII/II

Panel dimensions26,3 x 33,4 cm

Sheet dimensions38,6 x 48,6 cm

Status

on display, room 008

About the workIn 1825, the graphic artist Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder, known as “Eichen-Kolbe” (Oak Kolbe), wrote that it was trees that had made him an artist. They are repeatedly the main protagonists of his landscape etchings. Having initially worked as a French teacher, he only moved to Berlin at the age of 30 in order to study at the Academy, where he specialised in printmaking. In 1798, the prince of Anhalt appointed Kolbe to his court as a copperplate engraver.

AccessionAcquisition 2011

ProvenancePrivate Collection Potsdam, stamp of unidentified Collection "P" (Lugt 2063a), probably Petzold Collection, R. Saalborn, Weimar (L.2251t and stamp of monogram not in Lugt)

Inventory numberK 2011-13

Contact

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