Johann Georg Wille

Landscape with a hill and tunnel entrances
Lot ID
Lot 88
Artist
Johann Georg Wille
Additional Description
Rötel auf Bütten mit Wz. „Kreis“. (1780er Jahre). 23,8 x 30,1 cm. Bezeichnet „Wilhelm Kobell" unten rechts.
Period
(1715 Biebertal bei Gießen - Paris 1808)
Technique
Arbeiten auf Papier
Provenance
Johann Wilhelm Nahl (1803-1880), Kassel, verso mit dem Sammlerstempel (Lugt 1954);seitdem in Familienbesitz.
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Description
The present red chalk drawing is clearly in the tradition of French landscape drawings of the 18th century. The chosen detail with the geometric tunnel entrances is idiosyncratic. They illustrate how human industry, especially in the age of industrialisation, made more and more interventions in nature necessary. - Faint foxing throughout. Remnants of former mounting on the reverse along the sheet edges. In good condition in keeping with its age.