Procession through a Rustic Gate
Salomon Gessner
1764
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.8 × 18.8 cm (8 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 27.8 cm (15 7/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129448
About the Artist
Salomon Gessner · 1730–1788
Salomon Gessner was born in Zurich in 1730 into a family of printers and publishers, an upbringing that placed books, images, and ideas at the center of his world from an early age. Though largely self-taught as a visual artist, he received some instruction during a period in Berlin, where he encountered the German Rococo tradition, and his mature work reflects a deep absorption in the pastoral li...