A View across the Inn Valley to the Alps and Neubeuern
c. 1790
Medium
pen and gray and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 24.1 x 36.1 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Alexander M. and Judith W. Laughlin
Accession Number
2007.111.67
Art Historical Context
**A View across the Inn Valley the Alps and Neubeern** (c. 1790) by Johann Georg von D captures the majestic drama of the Bavarian countryside. This delicate drawing depicts a sweeping panorama from the Inn Valley—straddling modern-day Austria and Germany—gazing toward the towering Alps and the village of Neubeuern. around 1790, it reflects the late 18th-century fascination with the sublime power of nature, a theme central to emerging Romantic sensibilities in German art. Dillis, Munich-based painter and influential director of the Alte Pinakothek, was renowned for his precise yet atmospheric...