Landscape with Bridge
ca. 1750–70
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (23.2 × 29.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.233
Art Historical Context
**Landscape with Bridge** ca. 1750–70, Etching by Joseph Wagner after Charles Louis Clérisse* Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 Step into the serene world of 18th-century with *Landscape with Bridge a delicate etching produced around 1750–70. Austrian printmaker Joseph Wagner skillfully translated the vision of French architect and artist Charles Louis Clérisseau, whose drawings often evoked the picturesque ruins and architectural fantasies of Italy during the Grand Tour era. This trimmed sheet, measuring 9 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches, captures a tranquil scene where a gracef...
About the Artist
Joseph Wagner|Charles Louis Clérisseau · 1706–1780
Joseph Wagner (1706–1780) was a highly accomplished German engraver and draughtsman who spent the majority of his career in Venice, where he became one of the most important figures in eighteenth-century Venetian printmaking. Born in Thalendorf near Lake Constance in 1706, Wagner initially trained as a painter under the Venetian-born artist Jacopo Amigoni before being persuaded to dedicate himself...