Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte
Joseph Anton Koch
c. 1816
Medium
Pen and dark gray ink, over graphite (recto); graphite (verso) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
21.3 × 31 cm (8 7/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
203867
About the Artist
Joseph Anton Koch · 1768–1839
Joseph Anton Koch, born on July 27, 1768, in the remote Tyrolean village of Elbigenalp, Austria, grew up tending his family's sheep amid the dramatic Alpine landscapes that would later define his art. At age 15, Bishop Umgelder recommended him for formal training, leading to studies at the Catholic seminary in Dillingen, with a court sculptor in Augsburg, and finally at the prestigious Hohe Karlss...