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FRANZ KOBELL
1749 Munich – 1822

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Witches place close to Saverne (Alsace)

 

Verso: „Neuweiler“ (Alsace), inscription by the artist in graphite at the top right;
Brush in diverse modifications of brown, partly visible preliminary drawing in graphite, 221 x 182 mm, partly visible dated watermark: “179…J. WHAT (-MAN)

Conservation: fresh in colour (not faded)

An example of the spontaneously executed brush drawings Kobell was famous for, and a very early example of the romantic topic with persons standing at the edge of a cliff in front of a sweeping countryside.