Wooded Landscape with Stag
1800–1877
Medium
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
sheet: 15 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (39.5 x 50 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.329
Tags
Art Historical Context
Carl August Lebschee's *Wooded Landscape with St* (ca. 1800–1877) transports viewers into a serene, untamed forest where a majestic stag stands amid towering trees. This evocative drawing captures the Romantic spirit of early 19th-century Europe, celebrating nature's grandeur and the quiet drama of wildlife. Lebschee, active during a time when artists increasingly turned to the wild for inspiration, renders a detailed woodland scene that evokes both tranquility and the sublime power of the natural world. Executed in pen and brown ink with watercolor, heightened by white gouache, the work show...
About the Artist
Carl August Lebschee · 1800–1877
German, Schmiegel 1800–1877 Munich