Architectural Fantasy of Antique Ruins with a Watermill
Caspar Wolf
1760s
Medium
gouache on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 45 x 58.2 cm (17 11/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rudolf and Lore Heinemann Fund
Accession Number
2003.61.1
Rights
Public Domain
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,...