Im Höllenthal (In the Höllen Valley)

Im Höllenthal (In the Höllen Valley) by Johann Christoph Erhard

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 32.8 x 27.6 cm (12 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1999.32.1

About the Artist

Johann Christoph Erhard · 17951822

Johann Christoph Erhard (1795–1822) was a German painter and etcher of the Romantic era whose sensitive landscape studies and skillful prints earned him a growing reputation before his tragically early death at twenty-six. Born in Nuremberg, he studied at the Nuremberg Academy and later in Munich, where he was influenced by the Romantic landscape tradition and the revival of interest in the art of...

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