Wooded Pond with Bathing Figures, Vista of River Bridge, and Farms
Medium
Pen and black ink over graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
33.4 × 48 cm (13 3/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
83975
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection, *Wooded Pond with Bath Figures, Vista of River Bridge, and Farms* Wilhelm Alexander Wolfgang von Kob captures an idyllic 19th-century German landscape This undated pen and ink drawing (33.4 × 48 cm) a serene wooded pond where figures bathe, framed by a distant river bridge scattered farms—a harmonious blend of nature and human activity that evokes tranquility and rural charm. Kobell (1766–1853), a Munich court painter and etcher, specialized in precise landscapes and hunting scenes, drawing inspiration from 17th-century Dut...