Herrenhut in Saxony
1754/1816
Medium
Etching in dark brown with handcoloring in brown washes on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed within platemark and image: 30.3 × 43.2 cm (11 15/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
152325
Art Historical Context
Adrian Zingg's *Herrenhut in Saxony* (1754/1816) captures the serene Moravian settlement of Herrenhut, a Protestant community founded in 172 in eastern Germany. This etching offers a detailed topographical view of the village nestled in the Saxon countryside, reflecting Zingg's expertise as a Swiss-born engraver and landscape specialist who worked extensively in Leipzig. Trained in the tradition of precise 18th-century printmaking, Zingg contributed to the era's growing fascination with accurate depictions of European locales, blending artistic finesse with documentary intent. Rendered as an ...
About the Artist
Adrian Zingg
Comment on works: Landscape draughtsman; engraver; etcher