Landscape with Rocks in a River (near Kronau?)
late 19th–early 20th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, and watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 in. (30.7 x 43.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2008
Accession Number
2008.226
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels · 1833–1913
**Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels** (18 November 1833 – 22 January 1913) was an Austrian landscape painter whose career bridged the Romantic traditions of the mid-19th century with the academic training of the late Habsburg era. Born in Vienna, he became renowned for his sensitive depictions of Alpine scenery, river valleys, and Italianate views, capturing the luminous qualities of light on mounta...