Paths in the Dukedom of Salzburg
Johann Christoph Erhard
early 19th century
Medium
Etching; second state
Dimensions
plate: 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. sheet: 11 5/8 x 15 7/8 in.
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.86.3
Tags
MenHorsesLandscapesTreesCarriages
About the Artist
Johann Christoph Erhard · 1795–1822
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...