Swiss mountain landscape with small bridge spanning a brook
Franz Schütz
1751–81
Medium
Watercolor and gouache, over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 10 9/16 x 15 3/8 in. (26.8 x 39 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.61
Tags
BridgesMenMountainsLandscapesTrees
About the Artist
Franz Schütz · 1751–1781
Franz Schütz (1751–1781) was a German painter, draughtsman, and engraver whose brief career bridged the late Rococo and early Neoclassical periods in European art. Born in Frankfurt am Main in 1751, Schütz emerged from the vibrant artistic milieu of Hessen, a region known for its patronage of the arts during the Enlightenment era. His life ended prematurely in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1781, at the ...