A Bridge on the Aar, at the Foot of the Grimsel, in the Canton of Berne
Caspar Wolf
ca. 1775
Medium
Watercolor and pencil; framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
sheet: 12 x 7 15/16 in. (30.5 x 20.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2004
Accession Number
2004.370
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Human FiguresBridgesWaterfalls
About the Artist
Caspar Wolf · 1735–1783
**Caspar Wolf** (1735–1783) was a Swiss painter renowned for his dramatic and pioneering depictions of the Alps, capturing glaciers, caves, waterfalls, and gorges with a sense of sublime grandeur. Born on 3 May 1735 in Muri, Aargau, he was the son of a furniture maker who had been banned from his city. His early training took place in Konstanz, followed by work as a decoration painter in Augsburg,...